Solved Protecting yourself from In-Browser Miners

[Cliff S]

Miners are becoming an epidemic and in-browsing mining is only going to get worse. Therefore, it is important that all users protect themselves by installing antivirus software that detects when a browser connects to known mining services such as CoinHive.

Unfortunately, new services keep popping up and it has become a game of whack-a-mole for the security industry. Therefore, your installed software may not detect the URL or scripts associated with a new in-browser miner.

To add further protection, you can use an adblocker with Chrome, which will block in-browser mining scripts. For those looking for a more granular approach, you can use the CoinBlockerLists site to download lists of IP addresses and domains affiliated with in-browser mining.

Read the whole article here: Using the Chrome Task Manager to Find In-Browser Miners

   Tip

The list you want to select at CoinBlockerLists site is:
Hosts| This list contains all browser mining domains - A hostslist to prevent browser mining only
Link: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ZeroDot1/CoinBlockerLists/master/hosts_browser

   Information

To add to hosts file you need to:

1. First open Notepad as an administrator.
2. Then select File, select open, and go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc (or copy & paste this in the address bar).
3. At the bottom of Notepad change TextFiles(.txt) to All Files.
4. Then select Hosts file(not hosts calendar).
5. Then Click the Open button.
6. On the page with the Hosts file select all and copy & Paste it into your Hosts file at the bottom.
7. Select File & Save.
8. Close Notepad, no restart necessary, it starts protecting you and your browser right away.

Your Hosts file should look something like this(it is much longer of course):

You can also download this shortcut I created that runs as admin to quickly open and edit your hosts fust download, right click, open properties, select unblock, unzip it, place it where you want, and click it.

Edit hosts file.zip

 

[Cliff S]

Further information:

Malware can redirect Web addresses on your computer by altering your hosts file. This is referred to as the Host File Hijack.

To prevent Host file hijacks, you may navigate to it, right-click on it, select Properties and make it a Read-only file. This will lock down your Hosts file and prevent anyone or any malware from writing to it.

Hosts File in Windows 10/8/7: Location, Edit, Lock, Manage

 

[Cliff S]

New update: Last modified: 26 03 2018
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ZeroDot1/CoinBlockerLists/master/hosts_browser