Norton 360 antivirus now lets you mine Ethereum cryptocurrency (bleepingcomputer.com)

Norton, unhappy with how fast computers are beginning, has developed ground breaking technology that will grind your machine to a halt.

> As cryptocurrency miners and related software are commonly flagged by antivirus software, Norton says that this feature allows users to mine Ethereum without sacrificing their security.

This sound rather uncompetitive.

It's a mistake to focus on Norton in this context. The "correct" way of reading of this headline should be something like "reputable company puts an Ethereum wallet and mining software in the hands of millions of users".

Now imagine if tomorrow Microsoft decided to add a crypto wallet and mining tools to Windows, or Google to Chrome.

Yeah, mine ETH so that you have what to pay your ransoms with!

Who in their right mind would use Norton and their crappy antivirus? Windows Defender is stellar and it's free.