now i see why new qt 1.3.1.17 couldn't accept switches )
good old pasw stealing trojans (encrypted) both mint and nyc qt here:
https://github.com/NewYorkCoin-NYC/nycoin/releases/download/1.3.1.17/newyorkcoin-1.3.1-win64.zip
https://github.com/MintcoinCommunity/Mintcoin-Desktop-Wallet/releases/download/v2.1.0/MintCoin-2.1.0-win32.zip
whoever or whatever did this seems the same guy/service,
both zips right now have qt changed on 29.10.18 within minutes.
maybe it wasn't that way in the beginning (2-4 Sep '18) but now it is