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Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 天前

Warning: Facebook Ads for Free Windows 11 Upgrade Will Infect PCs With Malware

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Warning: Facebook Ads for Free Windows 11 Upgrade Will Infect PCs With Malware

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Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 天前
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Scammers are preying on Windows 10 users who haven't moved to Windows 11 with ads that urge you to 'Upgrade to Win 11 Pro Today,' antivirus provider Malwarebytes reports.
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  • MolochHorridus@lemmy.ml
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    So it installs legitimate Windows 11 then?

    • FreshLight@sh.itjust.works
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      Get out of my head lmao

    • HyperfocusSurfer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Ha-ha, classic

  • Schorsch@feddit.org
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    [This could be a joke about Windows 11 being malware in the first place]

  • blackjam_alex@lemmy.world
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    This reads like an Onion joke.

    • grue@lemmy.world
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      'Cause it’s got layers!

      There’s at least four different reasons this nonsense wouldn’t affect me, LOL. (I don’t use Facebook, don’t want Windows 11, don’t see ads because they’re blocked, and can’t run Windows malware because Linux.)

      • Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz
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        Tough life…

  • Railcar8095@lemmy.world
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    Or worse, with windows

    Edit: 2/3 of the other comments at the time of writing are making basically the same joke. I love Lemmy

  • krimson@lemmy.world
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    If you’re still on facebook you deserve a free windows 11 upgrade to be honest.

    • NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip
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      Or Instagram for that matter.

  • Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org
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    So, Windows AND another malware?

    • SuspciousCarrot78@lemmy.world
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      I’ll take “what’s a tautology” for $100, thanks Alex

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    I’m soooo removed from this issue it’s almost funny

  • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com
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    Stop using Facebook, ffs

  • Supervisor194@lemmy.world
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    Windows? Facebook?

    lol

  • ReCursing@feddit.uk
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    Nicholas_Cage_Really.gif

  • myrmidex@belgae.social
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    Perfect. Right in the center of the idiots’ Venn diagram.

  • TheSeveralJourneysOfReemus@lemmy.world
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    The malicious domains will also try to accept only real PC users. If it detects an internet visit coming from a bot or an automated check from a security researcher, the domains will redirect the traffic to Google.com. “If you pass the checks, the site downloads a file named ms-update32.exe. At 75MB, it feels like a legitimate Windows installer,” Malwarebytes says.

    They are getting more sophisticated. So it’s a copy of licences and installer. Naturally, the only legitimate means to have that is windows update from the menù, but if you didn’t know…

  • NachBarcelona@piefed.social
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    Fuck Windows to hell.

  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    That’s a silly malware vector though, because everyone still stuck on windows prefers W10 to W11

    • thejml@sh.itjust.works
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      The kind of people that fall for this probably has a good overlap with those sick of the “upgrade!!!” Windows Popups.

  • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
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    That’s terrible bait, surprised if it’s working.

    • JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org
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      I imagine a good number of people will fall for this. Tech illiteracy is the norm.

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