How can miners prevent the Trojan virus?

How do miners prevent viruses? This is an old topic. However, if you don't know so many technologies, don't know how to distinguish viruses, or even know how to use antivirus software, then the following content is very suitable for you. Several main aspects are easy to give the virus an opportunity.

1. Firmware

Different types of miners have different firmware installations. For example, Antminers differ from Avalon miners, and the steps differ. You don't have to know the firmware, but you must know where the firmware you want to install comes from or where you downloaded it from.

Firmware must be official! Regardless of whether it is overclocked, the easiest way is to download the official firmware.

Many retail investors and even relatively large mining farms have virus incidents inseparable from firmware. Many people like to use unofficial overclocking firmware, thinking that overclocking has a higher hash rate and faster payback, but it is also more dangerous. It may drag down the entire mining farm's machines (if the skill level is not high). Because of temporary greed, and the result is more loss, this transaction is not worth it.

Only download official firmware and various operating software. The official one can already meet our daily needs. Generally, ant mining machines have three modes, which can be selected according to our needs.

2. The computer comes with a virus

When you set up mining pools, miners, passwords, etc., for the miner, you need to connect it to the computer. If your computer has a virus, it will also affect the miner.

All you need to do is to upgrade the system in time, update the system patch, and use anti-virus software to check and kill viruses regularly. Also, don't visit those unsafe, informal websites.

Make sure there is no problem with the computer and it is safe, then start to connect the miner or Raspberry Pi or TF card and enter the next step of configuration work.

3. Miners need to be partitioned and divided into network segments

What are the benefits of segmenting the network for miners? If some miners are poisoned, they can immediately disconnect the network to prevent the hash rate from being taken by others. However, to increase the safety of the mine, we will try our best to minimize the possible losses and the smallest scope.

Then it is necessary to partition and divide the network segment. Because viruses can often spread through the network, and the local area network is also, if your miners are all in the same network segment, the virus can easily invade from one miner to another until it controls all the miners.

If all miners are invaded, if the virus is very advanced and stealthy, your losses will be very large. Before you know it, the hash rate is stolen, the rewards are robbed, and when you calculate the various costs of income and electricity bills, you realize that something is wrong, and the inexplicable income has decreased.

4. Make sure the newly bought miners are safe and virus-free

Some used miners in the market are more cost-effective, but you should pay particular attention when buying them. Some used miners may carry viruses. Sometimes it's not that others deliberately trick you; more often, they don't know that there is a virus on the miners.

There are many sources of viruses on miners; you can refer to the points mentioned above.

After getting a used miner, what should I do first? Re-flash the firmware first and re-configure it, especially the password. It must be changed, and it must be a little more complicated. The more complex the password, the harder it is to break.