Windows 10: Protecting yourself from In-Browser Miners

Discus and support Protecting yourself from In-Browser Miners in AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security to solve the problem; New update: Last modified: 26 March 2018 13:48 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ze.../hosts_browser Discussion in 'AntiVirus, Firewalls and System Security' started by Cliff S, Feb 17, 2018.

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  1. CLIFF S
    Cliff S New Member

    Protecting yourself from In-Browser Miners

    Cliff S, Mar 26, 2018
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  2. WILEY COYOTE
    Wiley Coyote Win User

    OK, I got to experimenting here and find that, on my system at least, the file apparently gets so long (53,725 lines combined) it not only slows down, but will actually not open sites. Reverting back to the shorter version and everything is back to normal.
     
    Wiley Coyote, Mar 26, 2018
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  3. THRASHZONE
    ThrashZone Win User
    ThrashZone, Mar 26, 2018
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  4. WILEY COYOTE
    Wiley Coyote Win User

    Protecting yourself from In-Browser Miners

    All I know is "Copy & Paste".
     
    Wiley Coyote, Mar 26, 2018
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  5. KOL12
    Kol12 Win User
    I fell victim to a browser coin miner just this week on a well known company's website. The moderator confirmed the code was maliciously placed and has since been removed.

    I first noticed my CPU temps were very high on the desktop and thought my cooler had failed and brought a replacement! I then noticed the high CPU utilization of Chrome in Task Manager and eventually found the culprit website. Apparently if I had Malwarebyte's premium I would have been protected.

    Are there any Chrome extensions you guy's have preferences on or is this host file the way to go? Cheers!
     
    Kol12, Mar 29, 2018
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  6. CLIFF S
    Cliff S New Member
    Cliff S, Mar 30, 2018
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  7. KOL12
    Kol12 Win User
    Kol12, Mar 30, 2018
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  8. CLIFF S
    Cliff S New Member

    Protecting yourself from In-Browser Miners

    Read the thread from the beginning, and download the shortcut I made(it makes opening hosts correctly much easier).
    If you use the host file, for each update you will need to delete the old, then paste the new in, so it is recommended, that you always keep it as the last section, to make it easier when making changes, as it is updated every couple of day's(or when ever you get around to looking).

    When I update I prefer using Edge over Chrome, as Edge has a "select all" right click option that Chrome doesn't.

    Edge

    Protecting yourself from In-Browser Miners [​IMG]


    Chrome

    Protecting yourself from In-Browser Miners [​IMG]
     
    Cliff S, Mar 30, 2018
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  9. SHIMSHOM
    shimshom Win User
    Can always use Ctrl + A to select it all
     
    shimshom, Apr 3, 2018
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  10. KOL12
    Kol12 Win User
    I think my Hosts file is up and running. *Smile
     
    Kol12, Apr 3, 2018
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  11. ANDRETEN
    AndreTen Win User
    Don't forget to update hosts file after updating to 1803
     
    AndreTen, Apr 5, 2018
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  12. CLIFF S
    Cliff S New Member
    Cliff S, Apr 11, 2018
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  13. KOL12
    Kol12 Win User

    Protecting yourself from In-Browser Miners

    The hosts file you've added has all of the text jumbled together in note pad. Can this be separated to a more appropriate layout?
     
    Kol12, Apr 11, 2018
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  14. ANDRETEN
    AndreTen Win User
    AndreTen, Apr 11, 2018
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  15. CLIFF S
    Cliff S New Member
    I copy it from Edge, and then paste it in notepad using my shortcut(download in first post), and have no problems.
    I got a warning today that they posted using ANSI instead of Unicode for the encoding. when I wanted to save, but clocked ok and it save correctly though.

    You can also use Internet Explore and manually change the encoding, and that will solve the problem:

    Protecting yourself from In-Browser Miners [​IMG]
     
    Cliff S, Apr 11, 2018
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