uTorrent silently installed a Lite Coin Mining Client

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News that uTorrent has been silently installing Bit Coin / LiteCoin Mining software as part of their Software Updates to help AIDS charities.
Was it really to help AIDS charities, or is this more of a wider issue of developers not earning enough?

News Stories:
http://thehackernews.com/2015/03/beware-torrent-silently-installing.html
http://torrentfreak.com/utorrent-quietly-installs-riskware-bitcoin-miner-users-report-150306/

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