When malware removal expert, Aura, started helping these victims he noticed a common theme. Most of the users reported being infected after they downloaded and installed game cracks and Windows activation tools such as KMSpico.
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Thursday June 28, 2018 @09:01PM (#56862858)
Most of the users reported being infected after they downloaded and installed game cracks and Windows activation tools such as KMSpico.
Shady software from shady places has viruses and malware? That unpossible.
I've gone 20+ years and never gotten a computer virus, because I don't download shady software, and because I've been blocking ads as long as it was possible, and because I have disabled Flash for as long as it has existed.
And remember kiddies, if you're going to surf porn, do it inside a VM, in a browser which doesn't accept cookies or run scripts. Preferably an old Linux VM.
Lie down with dogs, you're bound to get fleas (Score:5, Funny)
When malware removal expert, Aura, started helping these victims he noticed a common theme. Most of the users reported being infected after they downloaded and installed game cracks and Windows activation tools such as KMSpico.
So don't do that.
Re:Lie down with dogs, you're bound to get fleas (Score:1)
Shady software from shady places has viruses and malware? That unpossible.
I've gone 20+ years and never gotten a computer virus, because I don't download shady software, and because I've been blocking ads as long as it was possible, and because I have disabled Flash for as long as it has existed.
And remember kiddies, if you're going to surf porn, do it inside a VM, in a browser which doesn't accept cookies or run scripts. Preferably an old Linux VM.
Just sayin'.
Re: (Score:3)
When I'm surfing for porn, I do it inside a browser in incognito mode and I've never had aBUY VIAGRA TODAY!ny problem.