I’m soooo removed from this issue it’s almost funny
So, Windows AND another malware?
Stop using Facebook, ffs
This reads like an Onion joke.
'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.)
So it installs legitimate Windows 11 then?
Get out of my head lmao
If you’re still on facebook you deserve a free windows 11 upgrade to be honest.
Or Instagram for that matter.
Windows? Facebook?
lol
[This could be a joke about Windows 11 being malware in the first place]
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
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…
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Perfect. Right in the center of the idiots’ Venn diagram.
The oldest trick in the book
That’s a silly malware vector though, because everyone still stuck on windows prefers W10 to W11
The kind of people that fall for this probably has a good overlap with those sick of the “upgrade!!!” Windows Popups.
That’s terrible bait, surprised if it’s working.
I imagine a good number of people will fall for this. Tech illiteracy is the norm.
