Quote from: Cheesus on August 26, 2014, 09:50:56 AM

I wonder why they're not very interested with botnets and fake accounts and pretend that nothing weird is going on

A cryptocurrency growing in popularity is being mined by botnets?? It can't be, this is surely unprecedented in all the history of all the world!

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/07/botcoin-bitcoin-mining-by-botnet/
http://www.coindesk.com/microsoft-destroys-bitcoin-mining-botnet-sefnit/
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2332589/bitcoin-mining-botnets-and-windows-xp-threats-are-booming-says-dell-sonicwall
http://www.networkworld.com/article/2225927/security/gaming-company-caught-building-bitcoin-mining-botnet-from-users--computers-gets-off-light.html
http://www.scmagazine.com/bitcoin-mining-botnet-has-become-one-of-the-most-prevalent-cyber-threats/article/288315/
http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/bitcoin-botnet-mining
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-25653664
http://www.zdnet.com/nas-device-botnet-mined-600000-in-dogecoin-over-two-months-7000030662/
http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/25/bitcoin-cryptocurrency-compromise-pony-botnet/
http://blogs.mcafee.com/mcafee-labs/delving-deeply-into-a-bitcoin-botnet
http://securelist.com/blog/incidents/30863/the-miner-botnet-bitcoin-mining-goes-peer-to-peer-33/
http://bitcoinvox.com/article/883/litecoin-mining-botnet-using-cloud-accounts
http://www.reddit.com/r/litecoin/comments/1uvz7m/litecoin_botnet_killing_difficulty/
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2452080/facebook-kills-lecpetex-botnet-which-hit-250000-computers.html
http://www.webroot.com/blog/2013/07/22/yet-another-commercially-available-stealth-bitcoinlitecoin-mining-tool-spotted-in-the-wild/
http://www.esecurityplanet.com/malware/researchers-warn-of-litecoin-mining-malware.html
http://imaginarymarkets.com/the-doge-report-rampaging-scrypt-botnet-jumps-from-litecoin-onto-dogecoin-causes-fear-and-panic/

And what are we supposed to do about fake accounts? Where we see them they get called out by us:

Quote from: fluffypony on August 09, 2014, 05:26:14 PM

Quote from: JohnyMonero on August 09, 2014, 01:51:38 PM

Monero has no cons while other altcoins have the same number of pros! So the right answer is obvious.

Quote from: mineshaft on August 09, 2014, 02:14:22 PM

How can you compare this stupid altcoins with God blessed Monero?!

Quote from: bingopoint on August 09, 2014, 02:25:44 PM

Never compare XMR with others coins. You know why? Because it is ridiculous.

Whoever is running this newbie-shill-train...this is getting more than a little tiring.

Seriously, what more must we do? It's a waste of time and effort calling out fake accounts - you should know, you've already been caught out as being a fake account.

Quote from: Cheesus on August 26, 2014, 09:50:56 AM

If you're not convinced, you may continue giving your USD to botnet owners in exchange of worthless XMR

So you're suggesting people in a cryptocurrency forum stick to USD...?