After inquiring about the situation with Nicehash, I received an answer from them that NO ONE was compromised.
That there was no malware in any Phoenixminer version ever in nicehashminer.
Well that news is a relief for most of us. But I feel bad for the guys who wiped their entire PC and have to re-install
everything over a false alarm. Nicehash could have handled this situation better and should update their reddit and
twitter with an apology stating there turns out to be no malware, but better safe than sorry. I think this would do
a lot for customer retention. I also think a REAL human dev/coder should be vetting all future plug in updates to nicehash
miner. He could do this on a test machine with tools to look for malware as well as communication from pc that
shouldn't be happening (zone alarm does this very well). And maybe having a small amount of bitcoin and ether
on the test machine for bait would be a good idea. They can monitor that machine for a few weeks and if nothing
happens, they are a lot more sure it isn't malware. The rare ticking time bomb a year from now case is not that
likely and even if it was a trojan like that, they would have a month to find out about it. It is not like the latest miner
plug in is WAY faster, it is maybe 1-5% improvement each time, so just wait, as you say better safe than sorry.