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Bitcoin => Mining => Topic started by: barterhaddox on January 10, 2025, 08:08:09 PM



Title: Whatsminer Tool Virus?
Post by: barterhaddox on January 10, 2025, 08:08:09 PM
I downloaded the Whatsminer Tool .RAR file from the official Whatsminer.com site.  The browser tried to prevent the download and then my anti-virus identified a trojan called Trj/Chgt.AD.  I uploaded the file to Virustotal and 23 of 63 vendors flagged it as malicious. 

Am I being paranoid about installing this software?  Is MicroBT trying to install a backdoor to my system?


Title: Re: Whatsminer Tool Virus?
Post by: NotFuzzyWarm on January 10, 2025, 11:38:45 PM
As long as it was downloaded from their official site here (https://www.whatsminer.com/src/views/firmware-download.html#Tool) you should be safe because by default most if not all crypto software is flagged by AV software. Just allow it on a case by case basis based on Crypto Community trust of the company. That Whatsminer site is 100% legit.


Title: Re: Whatsminer Tool Virus?
Post by: philipma1957 on January 11, 2025, 12:33:46 AM
I downloaded the Whatsminer Tool .RAR file from the official Whatsminer.com site.  The browser tried to prevent the download and then my anti-virus identified a trojan called Trj/Chgt.AD.  I uploaded the file to Virustotal and 23 of 63 vendors flagged it as malicious. 

Am I being paranoid about installing this software?  Is MicroBT trying to install a backdoor to my system?

it is a backdoor to the miner. but all their miners are that way.