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Steam game starts to mine crypto on your PC after you install it. - Net - Aug 12, 2021
Can't believe this is actually real lol.
When you boot up the game it immediately starts to use 100% of your GPU because it starts to mine some crypto coin in the background.
RE: Steam game hijacks your PC to mine crypto after you install it. - SIM-353284 - Aug 12, 2021
Thats a pretty cool technique, to mine cryptos & not hold it for ransom.
RE: Steam game starts to mine crypto on your PC after you install it. - Omniscient - Aug 12, 2021
Slightly entertaining. But crypto miners backdoored into programs is nothing new.
RE: Steam game starts to mine crypto on your PC after you install it. - Jjrjdjdb - Aug 12, 2021
Based game dev tbhtbhngltbg
RE: Steam game starts to mine crypto on your PC after you install it. - webdev77 - Aug 12, 2021
People need to not be surprised by things like this. There is a massive amount of malicious software out there.
RE: Steam game starts to mine crypto on your PC after you install it. - elkaa - Aug 12, 2021
i lost my gpu because it's overheated when i play csgo on steam on very low graphic now i know why
RE: Steam game starts to mine crypto on your PC after you install it. - Madlad77 - Aug 12, 2021
Holy shit LMAO.
I thought steam checked anything before making it available in the store.
RE: Steam game starts to mine crypto on your PC after you install it. - skeetskeetbang - Aug 16, 2021
What the actual heck? I seriously didn’t know that this was a thing lol. How can I find out if a game developer put a backdoor into the game, obviously if 100% gpu is being used, that’s a tell tale sign. But I have a pretty good gpu, so I doubt mine would go to 100%.
RE: Steam game starts to mine crypto on your PC after you install it. - Avαlαr - Aug 16, 2021
I know Razer had some thing where you would mine crypto for them. You'd get such a measly amount as a regular user that literally would never amount to enough to get something of theirs.
RE: Steam game starts to mine crypto on your PC after you install it. - businessguy - Aug 16, 2021
Thats quite terrible. 30 GPU might have gone unnoticed