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Crypto-Loot Miner

Posted: October 13, 2017

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 8/10
Infected PCs: 63
First Seen: October 13, 2017
Last Seen: June 25, 2022
OS(es) Affected: Windows

The Crypto-Loot Miner is another online service, which allows webmasters to implement a JavaScript on their websites to use the CPUs of their visitors to mine for various cryptocurrencies. Although the Crypto-Loot Miner service allows its users to use it for various cryptocurrencies, the most popular choice appears to be Monero. While miners of this sort are not unsafe necessarily and they will not drop any files on the victim's computer, it is clear that they take advantage of the hardware resources of random visitors without asking for their permission.

While the Crypto-Loot Miner is not considered to be threatening, it is recommended to stay away from websites that use such methods to monetize the daily traffic they receive. If you are aware that one of your favorite pages uses a service like the Crypto-Loot Miner to utilize your CPU's resources and you are happy to help them out, then you should not be too worried if your anti-virus application detects the Crypto-Loot Miner while you are browsing the page in question. However, if you see an anti-malware alert regarding the Crypto-Loot Miner while you browse a random page, then we advise you to avoid this website in the future since having it opened might utilize a significant portion of your CPU's resources, therefore impairing the performance of your Web browser and system in general.

Since the Crypto-Loot Miner does not drop any files on your computer, you should not be worried about harsher consequences. All is needed is to do to avoid this miner is to stay away from the pages that are known for using it.

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