Popular torrent client can steal your CPU cycles to mine bitcoins

7:12 π.μ. Programs News 2 Comments

If you recently installed or updated uTorrent on your PC, you may have have picked up an unwanted passenger: a bitcoin miner called Epic Scale. If you don't pay attention, that piece of code can be inadvertently installed with the latest uTorrent build (version 3.4.2). It can then use your computer as part of a bitcoin farm (Litecoin, to be exact) to generate revenue for third parties. Users first reported the situation on uTorrent's forums, and it was quickly confirmed...

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Bolzplatz 2006 or Slam Soccer 2006 1.0.3 (freeware)

12:48 μ.μ. FreeWare Games No Comments

Description Our current project is called "Bolzplatz 2006" (English title "Slam Soccer 2006", French title "Coup de Fout 2006"). It's a freeware 3D-soccer-game in comic-style and a funny allusion to the World Cup 2006 in Germany. http://www.bolzplatz2006.de/de...

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0 A.D. Alpha 17 ( freeware)

11:52 π.μ. FreeWare Games No Comments

Wildfire Games, an international group of volunteer game developers, proudly announces the release of “0 A.D. Alpha 17 Quercus”, the seventeenth alpha version of 0 A.D., a free, open-source game of ancient warfare. This alpha features a major gameplay rebalance, units on walls, trigger support, improved mod support and more! 563 MB http://play0ad.com...

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Stunt Rally 2.5 (freeware)

11:21 π.μ. FreeWare Games No Comments

The game features 167 tracks in 34 sceneries, 19 cars + 4 vehicles and a Track Editor. It focuses on closed rally tracks with possible stunt elements (jumps, loops, pipes). Install Releases are here: DOWNLOADS and run on GNU/Linux and Windows. See Install on how to use. Check Hardware Requirements. The latest version is 2.5 (3 November 2014) About Car simulation is done by VDrift also using bullet. Rendering by OGRE. Trees/grass by PagedGeometry, Gui by MyGUI, materials managed by shiny. Road...

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