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Asus bombards Windows 11 with christmas.exe malware-like Christmas wreath banner (www.windowslatest.com)
submitted 1 day ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] tabular@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

An unsolicited Christmas card through a letterbox would have at least been less worrying.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 16 points 1 day ago

How was this even approved for deployment?

[–] tabular@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I find it difficult to choose a motherboard because they all look shady. aSUS should be criticized for creating a bad app and installing it without consent but I feel like this could have been any other motherboard manufacture.

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[–] LutefiskPizza@fedia.io 14 points 1 day ago

Haha, how fortuitous for me that my new SDD arrived over the weekend and I used the opportunity to install Linux on my Asus laptop.

[–] rem26_art@fedia.io 14 points 1 day ago

Why???? who thought this was a good idea?!?

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago

Make no mistake, they will backpedal and apologize, but this was a flex. They want the public to know that their machines are fucking pwnt from top to bottom and they shouldn’t try any funny shit.

[–] Mwa@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (2 children)

Thank god I was using Linux
Edit:Nvm its Armory crate shenanigans

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 20 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Alright Stallman, calm down.

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[–] Squiddlioni@kbin.melroy.org 11 points 1 day ago

Or, in the modern nomenclature, "systemd and friends"

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

MUSHROOM MUSHROOM

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago

SUUUUSE SUUUUUUUUUSE OPEEEN SUUUUSE

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is a Linuc a single Linux?

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[–] Rekall_Incorporated@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago

I got on this on Windows 10 too.

At first I thought I got a virus or something, but then realized this was some ASUS bullshit.

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