News Nvidia RTX LHR Unlocker Is Malware: From Hack to Hoax

[Admin]

Hacking Nvidia's LHR mining performance limiter? Hack you, say hackers. The supposed unlocker turns out to be infested by malware.

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[drivinfast247]

No way!




Lol

 

[InvalidError]

Who could have imagined that a hack targeted at crypto-miners may come with a malicious payload? Looks like the ideal cover for malware that scans a system for crypto wallet keys and clean those wallets out after a while.

 

[saunupe1911]

No way!




Lol

LMAO They should have never shared this story in the first place!

 

[Krotow]

LMAO They should have never shared this story in the first place!

Why? Let it stay as warning for someone who want to cheat a little for a quick buck.

 

[hotaru251]

Why? Let it stay as warning for someone who want to cheat a little for a quick buck.

cheat?
its not cheating.

LHR gpu's shouldnt of EVER been a thing.

it did nothing as it was STILL profitable to use LHR gpu.

do they deserve it? sure. never download a program that sounds too good to be true.

but it is in no way them "cheating"

 

[drtweak]

Wow. My first red flag is that it is a .MSI file XD

 

[peachpuff]

Why was this even posted yesterday to begin with?

 

[Fates_Demise]

Why was this even posted yesterday to begin with?

Because it was news with a possible work around for crypto? Duh dude. Site never claimed it was legit.
There have been plenty of partial working ones already

 

[TechLurker]

One would have expected the author of the original story would at least do some due diligence and either wait for someone to validate the "unlocker", or do it on an isolated, disposable testbed, before actually linking to it. Instead, they just helped spread malware.

For a moment, I feel like it was the early 00s again, when early techsites just linked to what they thought was a safe program, only to later find out it was malware-infested. Which then led to tech sites that actually did some prior research on the programs before linking it in recommendations or suggestions.

 

[jacob249358]

I trade cryptos on trustable and popular websites but I never get into the scammy websites and giveaways and mining bogus. I've always feared hackers ever since a random guy on discord gave me the address my VPN was rerouted to.

 

[Juular]

it did nothing as it was STILL profitable to use LHR gpu.

Not nothing, it hindered mining on Ethash by ~25%, it's still profitable because that's not enough and there are other algos. So nVidia just needs to make it more effective and add more algorithms to it. Whether that's possible is another question.

 

[InvalidError]

Not nothing, it hindered mining on Ethash by ~25%, it's still profitable because that's not enough and there are other algos. So nVidia just needs to make it more effective and add more algorithms to it. Whether that's possible is another question.

Not possible without new hardware variants since miners can just use older drivers without the additional crippled algorithms indefinitely.

 

[watzupken]

When I first saw this news, I was thinking whether this is a hoax. If this is for real, I believe almost all miners will surely be downloading it immediately to "unlock" their GPU. And this is certainly something that hackers may use to get people to install and run the malicious software. Good that this was tested and proven to be the case. I am no crypto miner, but I dislike dishonest/ malicious intent more.

 

[excalibur1814]

I recall, all those years back, PC Gamer including a virus on one of their cover disks. They apologised, but the damage was done.

 

[FPS-fan]

Those poor, poor-rich, crypto miners!

 

[gargoylenest]

so, if I understand correctly, you shared a story about a piece of software without testing if : 1-wether it was actually working 2-if it was safe to use. and you even shared a link for everyone to download it? would I dare call that very unprofessional?...

 

[MasterMadBones]

Let this be a lesson for Tom's Hardware's editorial staff to never report on things without proper research.

 

[peachpuff]

Because it was news with a possible work around for crypto? Duh dude. Site never claimed it was legit.
There have been plenty of partial working ones already

How gullible are you?

 

[blacknemesist]

Let them burn for every penny we spent on inflated hardware due to high demand. Want to make money? Get a job.

 

[logainofhades]

Is it wrong that I feel 0 sympathy for people that fell for this? If it seems too good to be true, it typically is.

 

[Krotow]

Let them burn for every penny we spent on inflated hardware due to high demand. Want to make money? Get a job.

And don't forget to find, block and punish their masterminds and influencers.

 

[gargoylenest]

Is it wrong that I feel 0 sympathy for people that fell for this? If it seems too good to be true, it typically is.

Its not about what is good and what is bad. I personally find large scale miners to be parasites. Its about having the professionalism, in such a large and well know tech site, to verify the information shared. But that step was likely skipped for the gain of being the first to bring the news and have lot of people read it. That is exactly how "click bait" sites think...Is it the future for TH?

 

[BX4096]

Oh no, poor cryptoparasites!

Nicely done, Tom's Hardware. Poor journalism, for sure, but it was SO worth it.

 

[jkflipflop98]

If you think this is bad, I have some terrible news about that "key generator" you use to play your "cracked" version of Mass Effect.