Miner Away

Stop coin miners on the web!

What is Miner Away?

Miner Away is a Chrome extension that blocks any attempts made by websites to use your browser as a cryptocurrency miner. It instantly notifies you when a website tries to start mining and allows you to whitelist domains. Protect your browser from unauthorized mining with Miner Away.

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By: arthurgeron

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 160 ▲ 1

Rating: 5.00 (1)

Version: 1.1 (Last updated: 2017-09-27)

Creation date: 2017-09-26

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

activeTab
tabs
<all_urls>
webRequest
webRequestBlocking
notifications

Size: 54.89K

URLs: Website

Stats date:

Chrome-Stats Rank

# 56513 ▼ 52

Other rankings

#5242 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 17

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Miner Away

Miner Away denies any website's attempt to use your browser as a cryptocurrency miner.

[Opera Web Store] (https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/miner-away/?display=en)

Features

Blocks any JavaScript or web based miners
Allows you to Whitelist a domain
Display the current status (i.e. No miners, Warning/Blocked and Mining)
Instantly notifies you when a website tries to start mining. (Desktop notification)

How?

It blocks any request made by websites that match the domains in blacklist.txt.

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Report problems, suggest features or improvements.

Safety

Risk impact

Miner Away is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Miner Away if you trust the publisher.