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Why is Malwarebytes blocking CoinHive?

October 18, 2017 admin adam kujawa, bitcoin, blocking, coin hive, coinhive, coinhive.com, crypto miners, cryptocurrency, exclusion, javascript miner, Malwarebytes, miners, monero, script miner, Security world, Technology, The Pirate Bay, web protection

Credit to Author: Adam Kujawa| Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 15:00:25 +0000

Since September 19, the number two most frequently blocked website for our customers has been coinhive.com. This post will describe what CoinHive is, what it is doing, and why we are blocking it.

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