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Zerush@lemmy.ml to Security@lemmy.ml · 4 months ago

Fake 7-Zip downloads are turning home PCs into proxy nodes

www.malwarebytes.com

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Fake 7-Zip downloads are turning home PCs into proxy nodes

www.malwarebytes.com

Zerush@lemmy.ml to Security@lemmy.ml · 4 months ago
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A convincing lookalike of the popular 7-Zip archiver site has been silently turning victims’ machines into residential proxy nodes.
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    4 months ago

    Correction: your central repository (or winget if you’re a win snob

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      Yes, go ahead and keep telling ordinary people to use a terminal, I’m sure they’ll come around any day now…

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