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Mineralt (inline) miner ?

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oldman82

Anyone know what this is ?

" Mineralt (inline) "

It has been blocked by my minerBlock addon while i'm browsing this site ,it was blocked on Opium Pulse's site as well.

All i know is my addon says "Blocked Miners = 1 "

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Nanabanana

From the Mineralt website
"Online cryptocurrency miner
Easy way to boost your website or mobile app revenue.
"

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Web browser miner

Use safe javascript browser miner to mine cryptocurrency online, using your web site visitors’ CPU power. The most effective web miner on the market with the highest mining ratio.
"

In other words, shady shit that allows people whose pages you visit to turn your device into their altcoin/cryptocurrency miner without your consent.
Unless you use an add-on that blocks that type of shit, so good thing you had yourself already covered there.

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oldman82

I don't remember Steamgifts or Opium Pulses mentioning they would be using our browsers for mining.
Though it's possible i missed the announcements.

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jbondguy007

Sounds to me like you might have some kind of browser malware/PUP, as SG most definitely does not have miners.

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oldman82

I'm pretty sure i'm not infected with anything but i'll run a few tests with the usual security checkers from a winpe dvd..

Maybe just a bug of some sort with the minerBlock addon .

edit:
wow ,6 months went by quick :)

Just noticed that miner warning is still there.
When i switch to one of my other open tabs like Steam community or Moddb ,it goes away.
Anyways ,probably some odd gremlin of some sort.

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