Quote from: SiNeReiNZzz on Today at 07:41:53 PM

Everyone should just type the keyword "PhoenixMiner" in the Google search and see what controversies revolve around it.

This software has nevertheless attracted negative attention several times in constant connection with suspicious activities.
And at least unknown third parties distribute malicious code with it.

For me it remains suspicious. And I do not recommend its use!
Especially for newcomers, who might be in contact with the topic of mining for the first time and might be naive in terms of validation of a trustworthy source of data.

Have a look at the last ~11 pages in the PhoenixMiner thread. Might explain the recent negative attention
If not I believe this post says enough:

Quote from: djeZo on Today at 12:23:06 AM

Probably due the hurry our NiceHash Miner dev didn't update GitHub repo, it was very important to make new plugin ver which killed PhoenixMiner. It is Sunday... people usually don't work on sunday. Anyway, it is just C#, easily decompilable, you can check whats inside even if you don't have the source. Are you happy with the answer? Why do you think NiceHash is here just to f*ck everyone? Please, imagine that there is really malware in PhoenixMiner, proved, what do you think would happen with NiceHash? Everyone would be blaming us saying "You distributed PhoenixMiner!" These EULAs that people have to agree to mean jack shit when it explodes, people don't care what is written on paper, people become like animals, only actions count. We had to make this announcement to protect NiceHash.

Quote from: SiNeReiNZzz on Today at 07:41:53 PM

Quote from: https://www.file.net/prozess/phoenixminer.exe.html (TRANSLATED)

The process known as PhoenixMiner.exe appears to belong to software NiceHash Miner by unknown.

Description: PhoenixMiner.exe is not essential for Windows and will often cause problems. PhoenixMiner.exe is located in a subfolder of the user's profile folder - e.g. C:\User\NAME\Desktop\PhoenixMiner_4.0b_Windows\
Known file sizes on Windows 10/8/7/XP are 6509568 bytes (66% of all occurrences) or 7797248 bytes
https://www.file.net/prozess/phoenixminer.exe.html
The application has no visible window.
There is no file description.
The file is not a Windows system file.
PhoenixMiner.exe is able to monitor applications and manipulate other programs.
Therefore, we rate this file 89% dangerous, but compare this rating with member opinions.

- The process known as PhoenixMiner.exe appears to belong to software NiceHash Miner by unknown ... just means it does not have an EV code signing certificate. No big deal as they provide hash for each release
- not an essential software for Windows ... no sh*t Cheesy

- no visible window ... runs in cmd
- not a Windows system file ... lol Cheesy

- is able to monitor applications and manipulate other programs ... miners do what miners do

P.S. I am not trying to convince anyone. DYOR ! I am not even mining but just expressing my personal conclusion after recent events (NiceHash vs PhoenixMiner vs Mega.nz vs "the tons of accounts spreading infected PhoenixMiner releases")

P.S.2 NiceHash also has ethlargement pill option built in it's release. You can also check how many users with malware version of that posted here also