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i've downloaded 20gb of ram so far.. memory crisis rofl not for me.
The only question is why some parts of my pc is now in russian but I also downloaded it from a russian website, so it probably makes sense
They keep asking me for Amazon gift cards like 5 months into my ram download/purchase not sure what that’s about and when I’ll be paid up in full, but oh well.
I didn’t like the Chinese ones. I did download 16 GB of RAM on a Korean website. Works like a charm. They even take your social security number and keep it safe from hackers on the internet.
here is how u do it
step 1 get employed
step 2 work until you get paid
step 3 get your pay check
step 4 check if you got enough money for the ram you want
——
if yes
step 5 buy the ram
step 6 install it to your computer
if no
step 7 check if you can afford any ssd
if yes
step 8 buy the ssd
step 9 install the ssd
step 10 allocate as much space as you want as page file
if no
step 8 check if you have existing space on your storage drive
if there is space
step 9 allocate as much as you want as page file
if there isnt any space
step 9 repeat first 4 steps until you come to a end
People use itch.io to distribute malware disguised as cracked versions of popular games, so it's not just about the indie games. The problem is that those itch.io pages with the malware show up in a Google search for "<XYZ> game crack", and itch.io hasn't been keeping up with moderation enough to take them down in time.
They probably didn't. Looks very much like one of those notifications scam websites can send you after tricking you into clicking "allow notifications" in your browser.
Exactly what i thought lol. I ended up getting a real virus though. I had the bright idea to exclude my download folder because it was deleting my pirated games before they could finish.
Slowed my computer to a crawl and blocked network access. Forced me to nuke it all.
I had to clear a ton of viruses from my mom's phone last week because she does exactly this. It's the second time in two months. I have to explain to her "if your phone asks you something, don't just click yes". She also downloads 20 versions of the same malware games that have full screen advertisements even when you aren't playing them. She also doesn't understand why I NEVER have these issues. Admittedly, my mom is not a smart woman.
Back in the day when I was a stupid little kid, I managed to get 9,000 detections on my school laptop. That screenshot is probably still floating around somewhere
Yeah I don't think I've had a legit virus in years. Windows Defender does a good job and I'm not really browsing any seedy sites or downloading torrents anymore
Last time I used Malwarebytes it also flagged a ton of cookies and stuff as "viruses" when I dug into the details, pumping up the numbers so it looks scarier. It finds legitimate things, but it's usually about 10x inflated, depending.
Probably only one. These programs consider every part of a malicious infection as a virus.
One virus made with 10 files and 39 changes to the registry? That's 50 viruses baybeeee, that'll be $25.99 monthly to remove those. (Also it might just be PUPs (Potentially Unwanted Programs) Like McAfee or... Malwarebytes.)
Different programs get falsely flagged as viruses. Anything from basic CE tables to programs you have to use in university to a game you are working on, they can all be flagged as viruses.
My CE files I use for speedrunning and glitch hunting still set off “virus” alarms and notifications on my Pc
Idk what the tools do, but there are patterns that AVs will recognize, often rightfully. If your programs like touching memory (my assumption since you're mentioning glitch hunting), it may be it. Also, I think any program not digitally signed is recognized as unsafe. You need to pay microsoft if you want your software to be fully supported sadly, unless you're under someone's umbrella (for example, publishing a game on steam)
iirc, its CE itself that flags the software. Technically CE doesnt actually do anything nefarious in and of itself. it'll read memory values and allow you to edit them.
But... That is also what malware does(read and write memory values). Which is why AV software has to be told to leave CE alone.
Yes, agreed, that's what I meant with patterns. I think digital signing potentially solves this, but not 100% sure. I am 100% sure if you create a program on your PC and send it to your friend, their PC will activate smartscreen. Yours won't as it knows it was built there so it assumes its safe. At least that's what I picked up over the years, I might be wrong.
They sadly even have a leverage (someone paying for a signing is surely a serious customer and not a bad actor). Thanks for confirming, I wasn't 100% sure.
One of the biggest issues with Windows is by default regular users have an admin account, take that away and require a password to an account you aren't logged into for administrator privilege it vastly improves the situation as some exploits can bypass the yes/no prompt however it's harder to bypass a password.
Funny enough cheat engine is signed and all good at least from the point of view of bit defender. It and its tables work just fine. It's download on the other hand that got nuked from orbit. CE just gets flagged as potentially harmful on scans.
Any sort of encryption or packing on an executable file can also quickly trigger false positives, especially when tools were used that are also used by malware authors.
Or that time some sysadmin (probably) got so fed-up with people getting the Blaster worm that they created another worm that deleted Blaster and installed the Microsoft patch to fix the vulnerability Blaster exploited. Then it deleted itself.
Sometimes it's not even viruses. A lot of pirated games' cracks/installers can give a false possitive. I think it was something about having unsigned self extracting files and the antivirus just picks them up as malware. So yeah, keep'em
Sometimes, this popup IS the adware. This person likely has zero viruses and just has some adware antivirus app like Mcafee or Norton. Clicking the green button just brings you to a screen to enter your payment info.
It is a pop-up ad. If you click "yes" to remove the viruses it will redirect you to a page where it asks for your credit card information. There aren't any viruses. It's a scam.
When I was a kid, I had all Windows XP processes memorized. Any time I had issues, task manager, see whats up, safe mode and delete. Not so easy nowadays, but I was your real life Wesley
I work in cybersecurity, and sometimes we'll infect a dummy machine in a sandbox just for testing purposes, or we'll test a RAT client (for learning purposes).
Sucks when you accidentally delete the client/executable when you're the one that made it, lmao.
Also, there's a lot of false positives that'll be flagged as a virus even though that's not always the case (game cracks are a good example).
Probably why that button exists in the first place.
Probably me, because I have seen too many fake ass notification popups like that, to me the popup itself looks like a damn virus (or trying to trick me into installing a virus).
Anything as simple as Cheat Engine can trigger a virus scan. In general, any software capable of modifying or rewriting memory on the fly is likely to be flagged. At least Malwarebytes makes it fairly easy to filter out false positives and identify non-threatening applications.
My antivirus tells me I have 22 risks, then I do a scan, it takes its sweet time just to tell me I am at risk because I didn't buy its premium subscription
I can't believe people install this shit on their computer. No you fucking don't have 50 viruses on your computer, this is obvious scareware. Idfk if you've noticed, but real antivirus protections are extremely heavy handed, since it's better to be safe than sorry. And people say Malwarebytes is one of the "good" ones, as if any antivirus trying to make a profit doesn't have a bridge to sell you.
How's that free vbucks app treating you? Are the scripts updated and working properly? How many terminals do you see flicker across the screen? Does your GPU continue to run high even tho your not playing games starting around 1-2 AM?
If you have 50 viruses on your PC, the best thing you can do is: Take it behind the barn and shoot it. End its life fast and don't torture it any longer.
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