Using the Chrome Task Manager to Find In-Browser Miners

The use of browsers to mine for digital currency is becoming a major problem. With more and more sites incorporating in-browser mining scripts such as CoinHive and web extensions injecting them into web pages,  people will continue to be affected by this attack. Thankfully, we can easily detect miners using the Chrome Task Manager.

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