Security News > 2022 > January > Remember Norton 360's bundled cryptominer? Irritated folk realise Ethereum crafter is tricky to delete

Norton antivirus's inbuilt cryptominer has re-entered the public consciousness after a random Twitter bod expressed annoyance at how difficult it is to uninstall.

Exe, Norton 360's signed cryptocurrency-mining binary, to installations of Norton antivirus isn't new - but it seems to have taken the non-techie world a few months to realise what's going on.

Other consumers dotted around the web have complained that they find it difficult to uninstall the Norton cryptominer.

The cryptominer is signposted during installation of Norton 360, though given the well-documented phenomenon of consumers speedily clicking away EULAs, it's entirely likely that non-technical users are complaining about suddenly slow-running PCs without knowing they've got a cryptominer running with their permission.

"If you have turned on Norton Crypto, but you no longer want to use the feature, you can disable it through your Norton Crypto dashboard," says the FAQ on Norton's website.

Norton isn't alone: last year a maker of Wi-Fi routers offered to mine cryptocurrency on users' devices if they supplied connectivity to the general public.

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