Cryptocurrency Miners hidden in websites now run even after users close the browser

Some websites use a simple trick to keep their cryptocurrency miners scripts running in the background even when the user has closed the browser window.

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Cryptocurrency Miners hidden in websites now run even after users close the browser

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Now even serves ads with CPU-draining cryptocurrency miners

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