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Did you install uTorrent? it added a bitcoin miner.

Mar 6, 2015 12:13AM PST
http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/06/utorrent-bitcoin-miner/?ncid=rss_truncated

"If you recently installed or updated uTorrent on your PC, you may have have picked up an unwanted passenger: a Bitcoin miner called Epic Scale. That piece of code comes attached at the hip with the latest uTorrent build (version 3.4.2) and uses your computer as part of a Bitcoin farm to generate revenue for someone other than you. Users first reported the situation on uTorrent's forums, and it was quickly confirmed by a senior support manager. He said that the app "cannot be installed without permission," but one user pointed out that there was "never a warning about it," even though he opted out of other bundled software.

Once it's installed, the program will take up CPU cycles, slowing your machine and causing it to burn more power.
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As if folk complained enough about slow PCs. If I find torrent software on a PC I worry what else we'll find.
Bob

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