Is it a scam or should it be blocked - this mining website?

Viruses and worms
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Re: https://www.virustotal.com/nl/url/5de6a1cba1baac134f970af063a9deadf505202f3976b313a2e23b3937f2c696/analysis/1510528024/
Given as a low risk website here: https://sitecheck.sucuri.net/results/www.btc-robots.com

Potentially safe? → https://www.scamvoid.com/check/btc-robots.com/

See: http://www.domxssscanner.com/scan?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.btc-robots.com%2Fbitcoincode

and error here

wXw.btc-robots.com/bitcoincode/./js/scripts.js?123
info: [decodingLevel=0] found JavaScript
error: undefined variable f
and see: http://www.domxssscanner.com/scan?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.btc-robots.com%2Fbitcoincode%2F.%2Fjs%2Fscripts.js%3F123 with a relation to Results from scanning URL: -//stats.wp.com/w.js?56
Number of sources found: 56
Number of sinks found: 70

polonus (volunteer website security analyst and website error-hunter)

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Yep, it seems a scam as what we read from here:
https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/14439/is-btc-robot-working-or-is-it-a-scam

And it also seems one of the oldest bitcoin scams running: https://www.scambitcoin.com/btc-robot/
More background info on this scam: https://www.binaryoptionswatchdog.com/btc-robot-bitcoin-scam-exposed/

So we certainly will not become a bitcoin millionaire there, sorry folks,

pol

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In case you (or anybody else reading this) lost this info:
https://blog.avast.com/ladies-and-gentlemen-prepare-your-cpu-web-browser-mining-is-coming
https://blog.avast.com/cryptocurrency-mining-malware-sneaks-onto-google-play

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Yep, Lisandro, the discussion about this is upcoming.

What is the lesser of two evils, to allow Bitcoin mining inside the browser for free webcontent or allowing ads.

Malicious mining or malicious ads are both a big no no and should be blocked and come alerted by avast’s.

I expect Google is frowning upon Bitcoin mining as it is not part of their business scheme (yet).

For the moment I choose to block both ads and miners as I do not know their true nature as no-one could guarantee a 100%.

Damian