crypto currency

Are you a frequent visitor of torrent sites? You know, for downloading “Ubuntu’ on a regular basis. Well, if so, your PC might be being used for cryptomining without your consent. And it can severely impact your PC’s performance. For those who don’t know, Cryptocurrency is a form of digital currency, like Bitcoin. It can be mined by the use of powerful PC and is a highly valued form of transaction on the internet. Torrent sites have recently started using the PCs of users visiting their sites in order to mine for Cryptocurrency online, the forefront of which is Pirate Bay. There’s also no way of disabling this from happening, though using an Adblock might help to some extent. Whenever a user visits the torrent website, the site runs a Javascript based “m...