I guess the only questions that matter are:
1)Did nicehash incorporate the fake 5.5d phoenixminer?
2)Does the fake 5.5d phoenixminer contain a virus or trojan?
And if so, what does it do to windows pcs? And why has no
one reported any issues?
I downloaded NiceHash on the 27th of February and on that day it was the legit 5.5c version. There is a third question of course - does the "real" 5.5c contain a virus or trojan. Only time will tell....it is not exactly open-source for scrutiny. I will continue to run it on a stand-alone box in my DMZ as any such app should be.