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submitted 10 months ago by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

Source: System 32 Comics

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[-] Vince@lemmy.world 54 points 10 months ago

Is this considered a bad thing? I mean I haven't had a computer virus in a decade, so it seems to be working.

[-] onion@feddit.de 34 points 10 months ago

I'm no expert, but your browsers security features and windows defender probably play a role too

[-] Thermal_shocked@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

MS thinks the new Teams is a virus. In Edge it asks if you're sure you want to keep the download, it could be harmful.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

It's right. Teams is the worst pile of garbage created since Windows Me, except it's actually worse. Fuck Teams!

[-] bleistift2@feddit.de 0 points 10 months ago

Edge has no way to find out that the random .exe you just downloaded is Microsoft Teams and has not been tampered with. It would be reckless to not warn the user about downloading files from the web.

[-] Thermal_shocked@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It came from their site, directly from the link inside the personal teams splash page... Can't fingerprint it? Or read the md5?

[-] bleistift2@feddit.de 0 points 10 months ago

What would they compare the MD5 against? This would mean having all the MD5 files of all the software on all the internet baked right into edge. Or they would have to configure (probably multiple) repositories of known good MD5s to check against. All that’s quite a lot of work just to save you from having to click “Yes” once more.

If you really want to only use software that MS deems safe, why not use the Microsoft store instead of downloading the software yourself?

[-] Thermal_shocked@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

because it's directly from their site. why are you arguing about this? and the microsoft store is trash.

https://i.imgur.com/Aq0nh15.png

[-] bleistift2@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago

why are you arguing about this?

We are arguing about this. And I’m doing this because you’re not getting that what you’re asking for is impossible. Even if you’re downloading a file from a server called microsoft.com via SSL, the file may still be corrupt. The chance is slim, but still the risk is too big for Microsoft to tell their users, “Go ahead, it’s fine.”

[-] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's not inherently bad, at least from the user's perspective, but Windows Defender will make you click "more info" or something before giving you the "run anyways" button since it thinks it's a risk. I've never gotten a virus doing this, though

[-] Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

On MacOs it's so stupid. Instead of double-clicking on the new program to open it, you need to right-click and hit "Open" from the drop down menu. Only then does it even give you the option to open the program anyway.

[-] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 10 months ago

Wait, right-click? I thought Apple mice had only one button.

[-] Thermal_shocked@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

I think it's command + click if the second button isn't enabled. It's one "button", but clicks on left and right sides.

[-] Johanno@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Because viruses fake a licence so they don't get detected that easily. Which means the extremely expensive license you have to buy from Microsoft is useless for actual security.

[-] WormFood@lemmy.world 18 points 10 months ago

I too enjoy having to get Microsoft's permission to execute a program that I wrote

[-] DudeDudenson 17 points 10 months ago

What if your OS was the virus all along

[-] Thcdenton@lemmy.world 26 points 10 months ago
[-] swab148a@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 10 months ago

Was this a Vine back in the day? Something about diarrhea disguising itself as a fart?

[-] GladiusB@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

This dude is way too cool to be from Linux

[-] FireWire400@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

He's using Arch btw.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Hey, ouch! My hair.

[-] trouble@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Its from china

this post was submitted on 13 Jan 2024
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