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Asus bombards Windows 11 with christmas.exe malware-like Christmas wreath banner (www.windowslatest.com)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

Haha, how fortuitous for me that my new SDD arrived over the weekend and I used the opportunity to install Linux on my Asus laptop.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

Why???? who thought this was a good idea?!?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I find it difficult to choose a motherboard because they all look shady. aSUS should be criticized for creating a bad app and installing it without consent but I feel like this could have been any other motherboard manufacture.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (9 children)

Thank god I was using Linux
Edit:Nvm its Armory crate shenanigans

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is a Linuc a single Linux?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

it is a very subtile ad for linux

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Glad I'm running linux on my asus computer, but I'm gonna re-check my bios for any bullshit like this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If you don't disable it in the BIOS it will just come back on next boot.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

yes it is malware

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