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[–] Fox@pawb.social 23 points 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago

Sounds like the article uninstalled itself.

[–] subignition@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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