Create a web miner that can continue to mine even if you close the browser

Search portals are one of the most vital tools for computers, to the point that Google, the search web par excellence designed an Operating System based on its platform.

It is because of the popularity of search engines that the creators of malwares are looking for ways to get the most out of them. However the most recent creation of this group to be a bit more invasive, it works using computer hardware to mine cryptocurrencies.

Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin, or in this case in particular the Monero depend on CPU's or GPU's to be extracted, this is the operation known as mining. Which has led to the increase of the famous "farms" that consist of installing a range of computers with the simple purpose of mining cryptocurrencies. Installing a farm is an investment that will only generate monetary income after a certain time. Which is why more people are turning to the computers of unsuspecting users to obtain digital coins.

Drive-by mining is the name given to these operations, and they exist thanks to Coinhive and its javascript that allows mining Monero. Using this code, web pages can sneak into users' computers and use their CPU's to undermine the cryptocurrency, however the process ends when the user finishes visiting the portal.

However, a group of individuals found a way to keep the mining process active even after the window of the website in question closes. What happens is that they hide a small window inside the taskbar of Windows, it remains working even after closing the browser completely.

Luckily, this obstacle can still be avoided just by paying attention to the speed of the computer once all the windows and tabs on the web are closed, and to continue slow you just have to review the task manager and there you can find some browser operating in the background.

Equally always the best option that can be considered is to evade any website that has dubious provenance.