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 Friday June 29, 2018 @02:36AM (#56863758)
I bought a legit copy of Windows 7 and it always complains about not being legit. It is sad that MS cannot even white list their own software properly.
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.
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lol bullshit.
i've pirated pretty much every game EVER.
Never been infected that way.
However i've been infected twice from acutal physical media i bought...
Now windows activation tools... yeah a bunch of those ARE malware.
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lol bullshit. i've pirated pretty much every game EVER.
Many people who buy legit copies have to use a pirated copy because it's the only one that works.
Re:Lie down with dogs, you're bound to get fleas (Score:0)
I bought a legit copy of Windows 7 and it always complains about not being legit. It is sad that MS cannot even white list their own software properly.
Re: Lie down with dogs, you're bound to get fleas (Score:0)
So use Daz.