Would it be so difficult to place somewhere in an "Operating System" tagged posting which operating system was affected? Slashdot folks really might have more than one OS in their areas and it would be nice to know which is at risk right at the top.
Would it be so difficult to place somewhere in an "Operating System" tagged posting which operating system was affected?
Oh, its Windows alright.
What I am interested in is the delivery system. The program is a crack of a popular and legit Russian program. But following the links, adware is mentioned once, and an admonition to avoid cracked programs.
So it's a Windows issue, and probably served up in ads and delivered when people click on them.
Which everyone should think about the next time they go to a website that won't let them in unless they turn off their ad blocker. Hopefully people her are smart enough to not clicky clicky on the ads modern websites serve up, because many do give you a dousing of malware, (I'm looking at you Forbes) but just install the Adblocker, and say bite me to the sites that won't let you in for it.
Microsoft Windows only (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Microsoft Windows only (Score:3)
Would it be so difficult to place somewhere in an "Operating System" tagged posting which operating system was affected?
Oh, its Windows alright.
What I am interested in is the delivery system. The program is a crack of a popular and legit Russian program. But following the links, adware is mentioned once, and an admonition to avoid cracked programs.
So it's a Windows issue, and probably served up in ads and delivered when people click on them.
Which everyone should think about the next time they go to a website that won't let them in unless they turn off their ad blocker. Hopefully people her are smart enough to not clicky clicky on the ads modern websites serve up, because many do give you a dousing of malware, (I'm looking at you Forbes) but just install the Adblocker, and say bite me to the sites that won't let you in for it.
Re: Microsoft Windows only (Score:0)
Learn how to read a fricken article. It clearly states that it is installed by adware bundles pretending to be cracks.
Nothing to do with ads on sites and pop up blockers would not have helped it seems.