HelioHost Posted January 5, 2018 Share Posted January 5, 2018 We've noticed that Google Chrome and Windows Defender have started flagging HelioMine as malware on some people's computers. We assure you it is safe and it does exactly what we say it does: downloads a mining assignment and then uses your cpu to mine cryptocurrency for HelioHost. Unfortunately some hackers have hidden similar mining software inside other installers without telling people so some antivirus think that all miners are unwanted now. If we're telling you exactly what it's doing it's clearly not malware, but apparently intent doesn't weigh into these calculations. Anyways, even if your miner was working fine you may want to check it again in case it has stopped working. In which case you'll need to whitelist it for it to start again. We have uploaded a new version of the installer that should make it easier to whitelist it without getting blocked. So far HelioMine users have earned us over $50. It would be great if we could get even more people mining though, because $50 is a lot, but we need nearly $600 each month to break even. Thanks to all of our donors and all of our miners for helping out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziad87 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 I did want to run it, but my computer is on a domain, and it requires admin permissions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolstech Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Yeah, it will not install without the permissions. It's actually a requirement of the miners themselves. Once installed though, it actually doesn't need you to have permissions for it to work since the background miner runs as SYSTEM. You just won't be able to change any settings or start the miner manually. For the interested, the software does handle well in a domain environment if you have the admin rights. I have successfully run generic RGS (basically HelioMine without the HelioHost branding) on several domain networks with no issues. In fact, one of my planned features is GPO support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziad87 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 You mean, to add support that it gets deployed via Group Policy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolstech Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 I mean to be able to control its settings (hide tray icon, background mining, etc.) using group policy. It can already be deployed that way if you pack it inside an msi or use a logon script to run the installer with /s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziad87 Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 (edited) That is true, that seems nice...I used to run my own home Active Directory domain but the servers drive (s - Raid 0) failed and it would be too time consuming to get it repaired and I was forced to sell the server...I have gotten a little rusty on Windows Server 2016 since then Edited March 30, 2018 by ziad0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolstech Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 That is true, that seems nice...I used to run my own home Active Directory domain but the servers drive (s - Raid 0) This is why I don't use RAID 0, ever. One disk quits and you lose all the data. I have an AD at my house currently. Server's just a customized Core i7 6700K PC with ESXi and 6 VMs on it...3 hard disks and an SSD, all in removable bays. RAID is done in software for flexibility (though hardware RAID is an option on the board I have). I spend a ton of time on Windows stuff (I do IT for a living...), and have my MCP certs on Windows 10 and Server 2012 R2 (WS2016 wasn't out yet at that point). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krydos Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 (edited) run the installer with /s.Yeah, right. I'm totally going to run the installer with /s. (Oh wait, maybe your /s didn't mean you were being sarcastic.) Edited March 30, 2018 by Krydos were you being sarcastic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolstech Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 (Meant /s as in silent installation) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziad87 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 (edited) That is true, that seems nice...I used to run my own home Active Directory domain but the servers drive (s - Raid 0) This is why I don't use RAID 0, ever. One disk quits and you lose all the data. I have an AD at my house currently. Server's just a customized Core i7 6700K PC with ESXi and 6 VMs on it...3 hard disks and an SSD, all in removable bays. RAID is done in software for flexibility (though hardware RAID is an option on the board I have). I spend a ton of time on Windows stuff (I do IT for a living...), and have my MCP certs on Windows 10 and Server 2012 R2 (WS2016 wasn't out yet at that point). There is a reason why that server used RAID 0, as it was only a test server used for experimenting (it was a performance server, didnt sell everything! Not that shiny Xeon-E5-4669 v3! Now I have a bunch of server components without a server to put it in! (No, I don't have the motherboard, the guy I sold it to required it...)) There was nothing crazy critical important. All my real important data was on a NAS with RAID 1. (and a offsite backup too) Edited March 31, 2018 by ziad0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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