8 Cryptojacking Apps Are Found on Microsoft Store by Symantec

These applications can mine Monero without the owners consent or knowledge.

Read this post to learn more information about these apps.

And Symantec discovered they could run on Windows 10, as well as Windows 10 S Mode.

Actually, this firm has found these apps on January 17 and reported this thing to Microsoft.

Although Microsoft didnt respond to the company directly, it removed them from the Store app subsequently.

It is reported that Symantec has told Microsoft and Google about the behaviors of these applications.

And they came from 3 developers including 1clean, Findoo and DigiDream.

Next, lets go to the precautions.

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