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Fancy a cryptocoin miner with your Torrent client? "Foistware" back in the spotlight... (Naked Security)

2015-03-09 12:45

If product X suddenly wants you to install product Y as a "recommended extra", is that a good thing or a bad one? In the latest brouhaha, X = torrent client and Y = cryptocoin miner...

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