Fake 7-Zip downloads are turning home PCs into proxy nodes (www.malwarebytes.com)

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[-] Sphere@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

This is why ninite.com is and will always be the correct way to install basic software on a fresh PC

[-] Zerush@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

I never download apps from other than the official homepage or from sites linked from these. This case is by download 7-Zip from a fake homepage, not from the real one. This can happen when you use a third party download page, even if Ninite is normally a trustworth site.

[-] Luffy879@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Correction: your central repository (or winget if you're a win snob

[-] Sphere@hexbear.net 1 points 2 days ago

Yes, go ahead and keep telling ordinary people to use a terminal, I'm sure they'll come around any day now...

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