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Asus bombards Windows 11 with christmas.exe malware-like Christmas wreath banner (www.windowslatest.com)
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[-] Rekall_Incorporated@lemm.ee 12 points 6 months 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.

[-] yournamehere@lemm.ee 11 points 6 months ago

it is a very subtile ad for linux

[-] const_void@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 months ago

Windows is malware

[-] potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish 9 points 6 months ago

Glad I'm running linux on my asus computer, but I'm gonna re-check my bios for any bullshit like this.

[-] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 6 months ago

yes it is malware

[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Yeah, when I saw that shit I had a mini heart attack. Opened up process explorer to identify what was running. Found it was Asus and basically said "huh, how are you still here - delete"

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 12 points 6 months ago

If you don't disable it in the BIOS it will just come back on next boot.

[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

it didn't come back. But will do.

[-] AlphaOmega@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Asus hacker: I'm in

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

Sure, ASUS is real bad for doing this, but Windows 11 users kind of have it coming to them.

[-] pivot_root@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The feature that allows manufacturers to push software onto clean installs has existed since Windows 8. If you're advertising for Windows 10, you might want to try again.

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[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

don't blame the victim for owning a computer.

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