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Steven Wright

Unofficial Nvidia RTX Ethereum mining ‘unlocker’ is actually malware

A decidedly-unofficial tool that’s said to increase the Ethereum mining capabilities of Nvidia's GeForce RTX 30-series and A-series cards is actually just malware. In fact, not only does it make unauthorized changes to your PC, it doesn't even "fix" the mining rate of your card, either.

Miners never prosper —

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