Gogo Sempai@programming.dev to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 11 months agoWell that didn't go as expected...programming.devimagemessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up134arrow-down1imageWell that didn't go as expected...programming.devGogo Sempai@programming.dev to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
For those who are wondering, yes, Wine is malware compatible so be careful about the EXEs you run! https://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#Is_Wine_malware-compatible.3F
minus-squarePyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoThis happened to me not long ago when I found a monero miner running on my laptop. Being a highly technical person, I feel unbounded shame.
minus-squareTangent5280@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-211 months agoHow did you figure out it was running? How did you confirm? Teach me your methods Please
minus-squarePyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoIt was pretty easy to spot in htop since it had really high CPU usage. Plus, the command line args it launched with included the word “Monero” multiple times, so that was a bit of a giveaway haha
minus-squarehavokdj@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoWas it still through WINE? I’d feel bad for the miner as well as it likely couldn’t have done the MSR mod so low hashrate lol.
minus-squareKittenstix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoFeeling bad that a scammer couldn’t scam hard enough is hilarious. Only in a Linux forum.
minus-squarehavokdj@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoTbf, if you get an OOTB distro infected, that is most definitely user error
This happened to me not long ago when I found a monero miner running on my laptop. Being a highly technical person, I feel unbounded shame.
How did you figure out it was running? How did you confirm? Teach me your methods
Please
It was pretty easy to spot in
htopsince it had really high CPU usage. Plus, the command line args it launched with included the word “Monero” multiple times, so that was a bit of a giveaway hahaWas it still through WINE? I’d feel bad for the miner as well as it likely couldn’t have done the MSR mod so low hashrate lol.
Feeling bad that a scammer couldn’t scam hard enough is hilarious. Only in a Linux forum.
Tbf, if you get an OOTB distro infected, that is most definitely user error