A tool published on GitHub purported to enable the full Ethereum mining capabilities of newer Nvidia RTX graphics cards, but in fact included malware. Tom’s Hardware and PC Gamer both wrote on an initially promising utility named “Nvidia RTX LHR v2 Unlocker,” which claimed to uninstall Nvidia’s “Lite Hash Rate” software, which was included in newer graphics cards to discourage crypto miners from purchasing gaming GPUs.
Yesterday, during a livestream on the Red Panda Mining channel on YouTube, members of the mining community ChumpchangeXD and Y3TI revealed some less-than-pleasant findings: the tool included many viruses.
