Kris on Nostr: Antivirus software is running with privileges, reading every file on the system, ...
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2024-04-24 05:34:09Event JSON
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"content": "https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/04/hackers-infect-users-of-antivirus-service-that-delivered-updates-over-http/\n\nAntivirus software is running with privileges, reading every file on the system, written too standards and methods from there early 1990's.\n\nUsing any such software is actively compromising your system security.\n\nI cannot stress enough how retro and badly written all of this stuff is.",
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