Norton, considered by many to be one of the top-ranking antiviruses for laptops and PCs, recently integrated its crypto mining extension during Q3 of 2021. However, most users never realized or noticed the existence of that extension.
During the last weeks of 2021, Norton improved the extension to ensure the mining services worked as intended. However, the updates they’ve made didn’t change any of the policies, leaving many users quite dissatisfied.
Users suggest that Norton 360, which is what the mining extension is called, significantly slows down their computers. Not only that, it doesn’t offer any real profit. As such, its operation is pretty much considered pointless. The only upside that some users found is that the extension has a minimum requirement of 6 GB of RAM and an NVIDIA model video card. If your computer or laptop doesn’t reach those requirements, the extension won’t work without your consent.
Unfortunately, there’s no way for you to stop or pause the mining process if your device meets those requirements, even if you don’t want to use the extension.
Norton’s Clarification
Norton explains that it created the crypto-mining extension to easily help users acquire Ethereum through an uncomplicated process. The crypto project undoubtedly seems like a breath of fresh air amidst the complexities of crypto mining, but it may not be as popular as Norton had hoped due to the lack of free will.
Not only that, Norton doesn’t offer the mining extension for free. In exchange, it asks for 15% of the mined proceeds. On top of that, users are charged with an interest rate to move their funds to a cryptocurrency exchange. Many are baffled by how poorly organized this project is, not to mention that it also discredits the crypto market in general and what it has achieved thus far.
It’s expected that more complaints against Norton will soon flood in, especially since at least 50% of the company’s customers aren’t happy with the service they’ve provided. On the other hand, some users claim that they received real profits from the crypto mining extension, although they fail to mention how much ETH they accumulated in a month.
Ethereum’s native coin Ether trades at $3,811 at this time, with a slight improvement of 0.65% compared to its price over the last week. Ether has become the second most profit-making option after Bitcoin for those who choose to mine crypto due to how much simpler the process is.
