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How do you define this state "computer is idle"?

Does it mean "CPU usage is 0% during hour"?
No keyboard/mouse activity?

Anyway you can write your own program which detects "Idle" state and runs miner. then when it detects user activity it will stop the miner.

Holy incoming updates!

I may have to deem this release 4.0 because the changes are that drastic!

Considering ufasoft hasn't released the new source and the recent virus warnings, i would start thinking that he is the one spreading the botnet.

He was asked many times in this thread and he just ignored the requests(didn't even bother answering). I don't really need the source, but if he is spreading the botnet, it's very likely the current exe to be "infected" as well.

Ah yes, it used to be recognized by Malware-bytes as well, but I made it very well known that bitcoin miners were legitimate programs and that the true malware lies not in the legitimate program that it downloads, but in the code executed to put it on the computer in the first place.  I imagine that if we spam Comodo with false positive messages, they will be more apt to remove it from their malware list and go after the real threat/trojan.

While the idea sounds great, it's also seems like it might add an exploit.

However, you can use the same miner name/pass on multiple workers.

Ok, so why doesnt the user just pop open Task Manager and see which process uses them resources.

Maybe he expects 50%. That's what I get on my dual-core systems with one thread, and that is what he should be getting based on your post.  The 90% that he is getting is significantly higher than 50%  I hope someone congratulates me on making a pot as useful as yours...

There's a slight possibility it's not working via guiminer. Do it via Task Manager. Also, how many cores do you have?