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Not positive
I am not sure on this but,you are correct in the sense that this is a bot net. Bitcoin miners make money form clicking adds, it is like the Yontoo virus http://www.scmagazine.com/yontoo-adware-used-to-cash-in-on-clicks-targets-mac-and-windows-users/article/285506/
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This is a similar case:
http://kotaku.com/e-sports-league-mined-bitcoins-with-subscribers-comput-486205191
Even though they used the GPU instead and the infection method was different, it's a very similar case of botnet. I don't mind mining if it's for me (100% supporting the free currency concept) but I don't like when someone abuses my hardware to make profit, because it's so frustrating when my pc is slow and can't use anything.
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