• soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz
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    5 months ago

    Put the rose tinted glasses to one side. We still had harmful viruses back in the day, difference is these days you are storing more private information “online” so the effect of compromise is larger.

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      5 months ago

      Back then, there were still lots of “wipers” that deleted files and/or destroyed the OS. Now it’s all spyware and ransomware.

    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 months ago

      i’m mostly just sad that the funny side of malicious software is gone.

      There’s no more funny malware. It’s all ransomware and stealers.

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        5 months ago

        There’s no more funny malware.

        That depends who gets infected.

        You or me infected by malware? No thanks!

        Egon Mark infected by malware? Absolute hilarity!

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      5 months ago

      Yeah I haven’t had harmful application on my computer in over a decade. I feel like you really have to go out of your way to get one these days (not including spyware that you download intentionally, like Windows 11).

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          5 months ago

          There’s even extreme edgecases where a compromised machine being part of a botnet actually improves security because the malware shores up security to help itself remain persistent and not find itself removed/blocked by other malware or attackers