If Norton antivirus wasn't bad enough (and difficult to remove), this happens:

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/norton-360-now-comes-with-a-cryptominer/#mo re-57993

https://www.rt.com/business/545447-antivirus-maker-crypto-miner/


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Hi August,

On 2022-01-08 10:30:02, you wrote to All:

If Norton antivirus wasn't bad enough (and difficult to remove), this happens:

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/norton-360-now-comes-with-a-cryptominer
/#mo re-57993

https://www.rt.com/business/545447-antivirus-maker-crypto-miner/

As I understood it, it isn't turned on by default. The user has to turn it on by himself... The user can maybe earn a bit of money with it (after Norton take their cut), but that probably depens on your hardware, and how much you pay for the stuff that comes out of your wall sockets...


Bye, Wilfred.

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Hello Wilfred van Velzen!

** On Saturday 08.01.22 - 23:41, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to August Abolins:

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/01/norton-360-now-comes-with-a-cryptomi
ner /#mo re-57993

https://www.rt.com/business/545447-antivirus-maker-crypto-miner/

As I understood it, it isn't turned on by default. The
user has to turn it on by himself... The user can maybe
earn a bit of money with it (after Norton take their
cut), but that probably depens on your hardware, and how
much you pay for the stuff that comes out of your wall
sockets...

People have been complaining that they can't even get their
meager gains. The exchange/transfer fees more than outweigh the
crypto gains. The only monetary winner here is Norton, at the
expense of the gullible user's use and cost of computer
resources.

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Hi August,

On 2022-01-16 13:42:00, you wrote to me:

As I understood it, it isn't turned on by default. The
user has to turn it on by himself... The user can maybe
earn a bit of money with it (after Norton take their
cut), but that probably depens on your hardware, and how
much you pay for the stuff that comes out of your wall
sockets...

People have been complaining that they can't even get their
meager gains. The exchange/transfer fees more than outweigh the
crypto gains. The only monetary winner here is Norton, at the
expense of the gullible user's use and cost of computer
resources.

If that is the case, it will be short lived, because nobody wil use it, and Norton will loose their good name...

Bye, Wilfred.

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Hello Wilfred!

** On Sunday 16.01.22 - 21:33, you wrote:

People have been complaining that they can't even get their
meager gains. The exchange/transfer fees more than outweigh the
crypto gains. The only monetary winner here is Norton, at the
expense of the gullible user's use and cost of computer
resources.

If that is the case, it will be short lived, because nobody wil use it, and Norton will loose their good name...

Or.. it will continue as [1] NEW people "discover" Norton for
the 1st time, and [2] "discover" that payouts are futile, [3]
either leave the brand/product in digust, and the cycle
repeats, see [1].

Meanhile, every individual little crypto gain is Norton's.

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On 2022 Jan 16 21:33:00, you wrote to August Abolins:

If that is the case, it will be short lived, because nobody wil use it, and
Norton will loose their good name...

that was lost over a decade ago...

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Hi August,

On 2022-01-16 18:43:00, you wrote to me:

People have been complaining that they can't even get their
meager gains. The exchange/transfer fees more than outweigh the
crypto gains. The only monetary winner here is Norton, at the
expense of the gullible user's use and cost of computer
resources.

If that is the case, it will be short lived, because nobody wil use
it, and Norton will loose their good name...

Or.. it will continue as [1] NEW people "discover" Norton for
the 1st time, and [2] "discover" that payouts are futile, [3]
either leave the brand/product in digust, and the cycle
repeats, see [1].

Norton can't afford to loose their good name... So they will stop this "service" if it will get too much bad rap...


Bye, Wilfred.

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Hi mark,

On 2022-01-17 01:44:58, you wrote to me:

If that is the case, it will be short lived, because nobody wil use
it, and Norton will loose their good name...

that was lost over a decade ago...

Apparently not with the general public, otherwise they wouldn't be in business anymore...

Bye, Wilfred.

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On 2022 Jan 17 10:41:32, you wrote to me:

If that is the case, it will be short lived, because nobody wil use
it, and Norton will loose their good name...

that was lost over a decade ago...

Apparently not with the general public, otherwise they wouldn't be in business anymore...

sheeple will be sheeple, ya know...

)\/(ark

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