Detect CoinHive
Coinhive is a cryptocurrency mining service.
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Websites using CoinHive
No websites in the corpus for this technology yet.
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What a detection means
- Establishes
- One or more public signals on the scanned page matched a known CoinHive signature at the time of the scan.
- Does not establish
- A sitewide install of CoinHive, an active vendor contract, exclusive use, or that CoinHive is still in place today.
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How to check a site for CoinHive
- 1. Enter the website URL in the scan form — homepage, pricing, checkout, or login pages usually expose the strongest CoinHive signals.
- 2. PluginView reads only public responses and scores them against proprietary CoinHive fingerprints. Rule bodies and identifiers are not published.
- 3. Review the confidence score and text explanation for CoinHive on the results page.
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FAQ: detecting CoinHive
- Can PluginView detect CoinHive without logging in?
- Yes. PluginView only reads publicly accessible responses when checking for CoinHive. It does not bypass authentication or paywalls.
- What category is CoinHive?
- CoinHive is classified under Cryptominers in the PluginView directory.
- Does PluginView publish CoinHive fingerprint rules?
- No. Detection uses proprietary fingerprint rules that are not published. Scan results explain matches in plain language without disclosing rule bodies or identifiers.
