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Ask HN: State of malware in 2022? Share your stories

1 pointsby andrecariniover 2 years ago
Hi HN,<p>Have you had to deal with malware in recent times (last couple of years)? Family devices or at the workplace? Run-of-the-mill ransomware or more advanced attacks? Were they easy to deal with?<p>I can&#x27;t recall the last time I have seen an active infection. Probably back in 2003 or so. Share your stories!

2 comments

cauefcrover 2 years ago
I went hunting for shitty websites and the browser bugs they abuse, googling for &quot;free paypal money&quot; and similar unreasonable things, I wasn&#x27;t careful enough, and the machine started crashing and lagging after a particularly nasty pop-under, i couldn&#x27;t get this install back to working condition after that (and couldn&#x27;t trust the install, so formatting time). (Chrome on Manjaro)
mardiyahover 2 years ago
so use Linux instead