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Asus bombards Windows 11 with christmas.exe malware-like Christmas wreath banner
(www.windowslatest.com)
it is a very subtile ad for linux
this post was submitted on 24 Dec 2024
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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.
Make no mistake, they will backpedal and apologize, but this was a flex. They want the public to know that their machines are fucking pwnt from top to bottom and they shouldn’t try any funny shit.
Glad I'm running linux on my asus computer, but I'm gonna re-check my bios for any bullshit like this.
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"
If you don't disable it in the BIOS it will just come back on next boot.
it didn't come back. But will do.
yes it is malware
Asus hacker: I'm in