Crypto Malware
Crypto malware generally installs a malicious payload into a victim’s computer that diverts CPU processing time to cryptocurrencyA cryptocurrency (or crypto currency) is a digital asset des... More mining. This doesn’t necessarily do any harm to the computer or data, but can dramatically slow down performance and can use excessive energy. Unlike ransomwareA type of malicious program that is designed to encrypt a sy... More, crypto malware can go about doing its work completely undetected.
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