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[–] Fox@pawb.social 26 points 1 year ago

Remember when Sony audio CDs came with a rootkit, and then the 'uninstaller' they distributed had even more malware?

[–] Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm not a programmer, but I enjoyed reading this, it's a if I understood everything.

And yet after I finished reading, I already forgot what I read.

[–] wmassingham@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Raymond Chen is an excellent writer. He takes topics that are otherwise dry and technical, and makes them interesting and readable for your average person. He's got decades of posts about Windows stuff.

[–] visor841@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Sounds like the article uninstalled itself.

[–] subignition@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Trying to read assembly is the closest I've ever gotten to actual black magic