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Hands on with Norton antivirus Ethereum mining: The good and the bad

Last week, NortonLifelock announced that the Norton 360 antivirus suite would soon be able to mine cryptocurrency while the computer is idle. In this article, we go hands-on with the new ‘Norton Crypto’ feature to show what’s good about it and what’s bad. The Norton Crypto feature is first being introduced in Norton’s Early Adopter Program (EAP) that allows subscribers to get early access to new features. To use Norton Crypto, users need to be from an English-speaking country, have a. minimum of 3GB memory, an NVIDIA 1050 3GB or above, a Windows PC, and. a. Windows PC.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/cryptocurrency/hands-on-with-norton-antivirus-ethereum-mining-the-good-and-the-bad/

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