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[–] Sarcastaway 1 points (+1|-0)

the webpage causes my CPU usage to spike

My guess is excessive javascript, possibly a cryptocurrency miner.

[–] smallpond [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

That was my first thought as well, do you experience the same? (or do you know better than to click the dodgy link?)

[–] Sarcastaway 1 points (+1|-0)

Well, I'm familiar with the topic of the article, so I didn't click. I do run a javascript whitelist extension though, so generally I don't worry too much about those everyday random links.

Its another story if its a weird link given specifically to me though. I've never clicked a link from a PM. Seems like a good way to get hacked or doxed.

[–] smallpond [OP] 0 points (+0|-0)

I'm using uMatrix, but that page seemed to choke my browser so I couldn't see what was going on.