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| Texan101:
--- Quote from: Insert Name Here² on April 09, 2017, 06:40:42 PM ---If you really know what you're doing and if it's possible, this is better --- End quote --- It's the kind of thing I used to do on Windows 98. Don't know if it's possible with modern Ransomware. |
| beachbum111111:
--- Quote from: Daswiruch on April 09, 2017, 07:17:24 PM ---idk common sense doesn't always save you from malware last year, wikia sites got redirected to a russian research site for like an hour i had about 3 tabs open on wikia that were already fully loaded and they all got redirected --- End quote --- I suppose that could really forget you over yeah, but don't you have to run an executable for ransomware to even work? |
| Texan101:
--- Quote from: beachbum111111 on April 09, 2017, 07:18:56 PM ---I suppose that could really forget you over yeah, but don't you have to run an executable for ransomware to even work? --- End quote --- Not necessarily. It depends on how it was packaged. |
| Conan:
--- Quote from: beachbum111111 on April 09, 2017, 07:18:56 PM ---I suppose that could really forget you over yeah, but don't you have to run an executable for ransomware to even work? --- End quote --- unfortunately the worst viruses dont involve running things, just downloading an infected file. you wont get prompted anything either. i think the prompt you get by windows when it says an executable is not trusted is an attempt to prevent these behind-the-scenes executions |
| Insert Name Here²:
There are also drive by ones where you can get infected simply by going to the website |
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