Originally posted over on /r/piracy (https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/15itrip/1337x_admins_allowing_bg3_torrent_with_bitcoin/)

It looks like a bitcoin miner was included in the installer, and the admins on 1337x may or may not give a shit apparently. Scanned my pc and my wifes and found the same stuff the others mentioned.

According to the other comments, don’t feel the need to uninstall as the miner was installed separate to the game, just give a Malwarebytes scan to get rid of the junk.

  • MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    19·
    1 year ago

    Yeah the thing is it installs programs that then give themselves access. You can block install.exe all you like, they’re way more advanced than that.

    • src@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      If you have a firewall like Tinywall, you can set it to block all apps from accessing the Internet unless they’re explicitly allowed to. Problem solved?