Newegg crypto-mining?

jboydgolfer · Jun 28, 2018

nomdeplume said:
Anyone getting a positive on TweakTown?

That would be more like a malicious miner infected with tweaktown :roll:

nomdeplume · Jun 28, 2018

It is a tool. Went out of my way to find places on the web that would trigger it. I was surprised that spammy sites prone to opening new windows when you click on buttons did not. Tweaktown happened to be the Scythe Grand Khama 2 review I clicked through to.

Basically I'm wondering if the site data is used by the developer or the extension shutting mining off is being used by the site. Something changes with unique page views multiple hours apart.

dorsetknob · Jun 28, 2018

could Be your ISP

Man in the middle Attack (

Such a hard word

) with your ISP Injecting javascript miners into Ads

Hang on just noticed i'm due for my Meds

Ryandh · Jun 30, 2018

dorsetknob said:
could Be your ISP
Man in the middle Attack ( Such a hard word ) with your ISP Injecting javascript miners into Ads

Hang on just noticed i'm due for my Meds

most websites including Newegg are secured with full site https. hard for ISP to inject now

Crusti · Aug 30, 2018

I also don't understand for what reason more and more apps and websites add mining to their functions. Is it safe or it may use my computer in order to mine something I don't even know?

dorsetknob · Aug 30, 2018

You Can Download /install Browser Add on's for both chrome and FireFox to Block these JS miners

R-T-B · Sep 1, 2018

Crusti said:
I also don't understand for what reason more and more apps and websites add mining to their functions. Is it safe or it may use my computer in order to mine something I don't even know?

It's plenty "safe", but it WILL use your computer to mine something without your permission, thus bogging it down until you leave the webpage.

That is the whole issue here.

Upgrayedd · Sep 1, 2018

Screw newegg even if it is a false pos. I quit visiting them a few years ago. What I cant get at Microcenter I order from B&H usually cheaper.

95Viper · Sep 2, 2018

Upgrayedd said:
What I cant get at Microcenter I order from B&H usually cheaper.

Personally, I have not had a problem with Newegg, yet. However, I have found, and agree with Upgrayedd, that B&H has been very competitive lately... have not had to deal with their customer service, so cannot speak to that part of the operation.

lexluthermiester · Sep 2, 2018

Upgrayedd said:
B&H

What site is that?

EDIT; You mean here?; https://www.bhphotovideo.com

R-T-B · Sep 2, 2018

lexluthermiester said:
What site is that?

EDIT; You mean here?; https://www.bhphotovideo.com

Pretty sure that's the one.

rtwjunkie · Sep 2, 2018

lexluthermiester said:
What site is that?

EDIT; You mean here?; https://www.bhphotovideo.com

Yes, that’s the one. I discovered about 5 or 6 years ago that they had a good selection and prices were reasonable.

The only downside is that in various categories they may carry the top 6 brands/models of something instead of say, 20. Additionally, the site is really easy to navigate and searches bring up the category you want instead of 115 other products that might have a nexus through the relative of someone who designed a component, like Amazon does.

Crusti · Sep 5, 2018

R-T-B said:
It's plenty "safe", but it WILL use your computer to mine something without your permission, thus bogging it down until you leave the webpage.

That is the whole issue here.

I can't understand why do we lose our rights for everything more and more. It seems that when I connect to the Internet my computer lives his own life not asking me if I want something or not.

R-T-B · Sep 5, 2018

Crusti said:
I can't understand why do we lose our rights for everything more and more. It seems that when I connect to the Internet my computer lives his own life not asking me if I want something or not.

There are plugins to help you manage that. Beyond that, it's just a question of convenience vs security. Too often people choose convenience.

lexluthermiester · Sep 6, 2018

R-T-B said:
Too often people choose convenience.

And a lot of people are lazy, technologically illiterate, moronic or some combination thereof.

R-T-B · Sep 6, 2018

lexluthermiester said:
And a lot of people are lazy, technologically illiterate, moronic or some combination thereof.

Well learning is never convenient, now is it?

Crusti · Sep 10, 2018

R-T-B said:
There are plugins to help you manage that. Beyond that, it's just a question of convenience vs security. Too often people choose convenience.

They probably choose it because they don't really know how to provide self security on the Internet.

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