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My PC is hacked (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by Norodix@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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I just received a call from an indian microsoft technician. He informed me that my PC is sending a ton of error messages to microsoft. Most likely it has been hacked, and he would help me by remoting in and fixing the problem for me. I just wonder... Is it my PopOs or my Manjaro PC that sends all this info to microsoft?

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[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 80 points 10 months ago

Set up a fake Windows VM to fuck with them

[-] XEAL@lemm.ee 23 points 10 months ago

There was a very custom theme for Gnome 2 that made it look like Windows XP...

[-] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

That might be even funnier, but there's still a chance they're proficient enough that they could cause problems once they realized what was happening. A VM would help mitigate the chances of that.

[-] YouMayBeOntoSomethin@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 10 months ago

Obvious answer is to do both: A VM of a Linux desktop skinned to look like Windows XP

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