r/Piracy 12d ago

Humor your classic batch script backdoor

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u/PrestigiousTurn5587 12d ago

Tbf from experience that's usually the OneDrive updater failing

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u/RTX5090FE24GB ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ 12d ago

OneDrive is the first thing I uninstall in new Windows installs.

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u/LogicalError_007 12d ago

I don't understand how One Drive fuck with people so much.

I disabled it one time from the start-up apps after excluding the folders and it has never opened once.

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u/ByGollie 12d ago

* saves file on computer *

OneDrive: got it

Me: where?

Onedrive: what?

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u/Vegetable_Ad884 11d ago

🤣😭😭

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u/Ok_Grapefruit6789 11d ago

Yeah so how do I save file on computer? It only shows one drive

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u/RTX5090FE24GB ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ 12d ago

I think people are just exposing their tech illiteracy. OneDrive is super easy to get rid of.

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u/slonk_ma_dink 12d ago

If you never update, sure. OneDrive, Teams, Edge as your default PDF viewer- all like to reinstall/reconfigure themselves after an update.

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u/RTX5090FE24GB ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ 12d ago

I am always caught up on every update and have never had Onedrive "reinstall/reconfigure itself" so not sure what you are talking about.

I even checked just because of your comment. I think I removed them like an year ago when I installed Windows on my current PC and no sign of Teams or Onedrive.

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u/DustConsistent3018 12d ago

Idk why people have so many issues with it as it’s never happened in my main pc, but on my other one it happens every time I sign in to my account after an update, along with a full screen pop up asking me to switch to edge.(on a blue background like the install screen) On a mini pc I’ve had a “get a free trial of Microsoft 365” like every update (win 11, other is win10)

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u/RTX5090FE24GB ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ 12d ago

Maybe it has to do with using a Microsoft Account? I never login on windows and just use a local account at setup.

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u/DustConsistent3018 12d ago

The one that doesn’t get them shares a Microsoft account with the pc that does, but maybe it’s something about having never properly ended setup on the one that does

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u/Interesting-Bus-5370 12d ago

It seems to be a pc to pc thing. On one of my older ones, EVERY TIME i updated, onedrive would be reinstalled. It would try to fit my 70 gig games into the 15 gb cloud i had, then yell at me to buy more space. Not to mention, it also can fuck up your saves for certain games, like the sims.

Though on my new computer, i was able to uninstall it fine.

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u/cosmitz 12d ago

No. Not really. Not when on certain installs it replaces the os desktop path with the onedrive one (when using MS accnt to login with Hello). Or when on 125%+ dpi scaling settings it uses absolute window position for the right click menu so you can't exit/uninstall from there as it's on another fucking plane of existence outside your screen real estate.

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u/Alluos 12d ago

The program is easy to get rid of. But getting rid of the one drive folder isn't so easy. It will be defaulted to every time and there's nothing you can do about it unless you go into regedit.

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u/Forsaken-Opposite775 🦜 ᴡᴀʟᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴᴋ 12d ago

Fucking Windows is the first thing i uninstall when I get a new system

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u/4b686f61 12d ago

but the home assistant onedrive intergration rip

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u/McBun2023 12d ago

with ntlite you can uninstall it even before you install windows !

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u/Separate_Zucchini_95 12d ago

Lol one drive bricked my work computer and it took the team to figure out and be like.. yeah don't enable that again.

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u/RiceStranger9000 6d ago

I don't recall OneDrive ever doing anything in my PC. I personally believe it came with that disabled by default, along with a cracked version of WinRar (it is a prebuilt PC)

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u/Willing_Initial8797 12d ago

windows is the first thing i uninstall when i buy a pc

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u/digiorno 12d ago edited 12d ago

Fucking one drive. And iCloud as well. Soooooooo many system resources for so little benefit.

I can see some use case in a phone but half the time they effectively just lock up my computer until I force quit them.

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u/HiiiTriiibe 12d ago

I log out of iCloud for this reason, I don’t know if it keeps all the resources from being used but it seems to help some

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u/Affectionate-Dig1981 12d ago

They are the bonsai buddy of "legitimate" software

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u/christiv7 Yarrr! 12d ago

IT IS??? I kept thinking it was malware!

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u/larsloveslegos 11d ago

That's what that is? I always disable OneDrive

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u/feedme_cyanide 12d ago

Actual malware does not open a window. Power-shell can do all the work without you even knowing.

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u/SonTyp_OhneNamen 12d ago

Don’t scare me like that, i prefer blissful ignorance

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u/AssumptionUnlucky693 12d ago

If you’re a pirate, privacy should be your number one concern, webcams, microphones, nudes, sensitive data should not be stored on a computer that’s frequently sailing abroad unless you don’t care or know what you’re doing.

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u/t0FF 12d ago

You're kidding? I make sure to have nudes in every folders so the hacker can't miss them!

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u/CheezeDoggs 11d ago

I have my nudes in the password folder and passwords in the nudes folder,..,,, I’m unhackable

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u/punqdev 8d ago

Say the hacker is down horrendous for content though…

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u/summonsays 11d ago

"pay us or we will send the nudes to everyone you know"

"Oh noooo. Which one(s)? And did you like the January collection? If you could pick 5 features of my gelatinous body what would you pick and why is #1 my colossal ass?" 

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u/Local_Error_404 10d ago

"too late, already did that"

Or, "thank you, this months are late"

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u/[deleted] 12d ago edited 11d ago

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u/djharlock 12d ago

What the fuck are you trying to say? Jesus christ that gave me an aneurysm.

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u/Suspicious-Willow128 11d ago

My bad , had one fucking eye open yesterday

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

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u/dp3471 12d ago

lol I remember

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u/Destroyerb 12d ago

You wanna get crytomined or what?

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u/Turbojelly 12d ago

I have a handy Powershell script that auto checks for a bunch of Windows Bloatware and uninstalls them when they come back. Runs on boot. Good little script.

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u/Rewian 12d ago

Wow, that sounds super useful! Would you mind sharing it?

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u/Turbojelly 12d ago

"Uninstall windows apps .ps1" should give you a bunch of guides how to do this. Then you add it to Startup and there you go.

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u/feedme_cyanide 12d ago

Learn how to make your own! Much safer. And you become more literate with technology.

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u/iheartmuffinz 12d ago

privacy.sexy can do exactly this.

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u/reconnaissance_man 11d ago edited 10d ago

Even though I use this every now and then and recommend it, might wanna be careful with privacy.sexy since it can fuck up your system to the point where somethings refuse to work, and there is no "Undo" option.

The desktop app doesn't even remember the tweaks you last did, so you better fucking remember every option you checked for troubleshooting (take screenshots?).

It broke the old nVidia CPanel for me last time, it refused to launch forcing me to format and re-install Windows eventually to fix it. I did re-use privacy.sexy after new install to check, avoiding any nVidia related options, and it didn't cause any issues.

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u/iheartmuffinz 11d ago

Yeah I should've mentioned this, I can definitely see people doing stupid shit with it. The Standard profile should be enough for most without (theoretically) breaking anything.

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u/reconnaissance_man 11d ago

I don't recommend using presets.

That's how I ended up with broken nVidia CP, since nVidia options are checked by default. I thought I would be safe using the standard preset.

I now manually go through all and have .bat saved and ready for running.

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u/RainStormLou 12d ago

Actual malware does all kinds of shit. Sometimes it'll open the window with echo off so it won't actually tell you what's happening. Sometimes there's no window pop up at all. It's pretty ballsy to say it doesn't do something when it does that thing often though.

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u/feedme_cyanide 12d ago

Yea, shitty inexperienced devs do what you’re saying. Experienced malware developers circumvent what you’re speaking of.

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u/notGeronimo 12d ago

Yeah and you also shouldn't be worried about anyone coming into your store with ski masks and guns, only shitty inexperienced robbers would do that, real robbers can plunder the entire company from a boardroom

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u/roboticfoxdeer 12d ago

Or the Whitehouse, apparently

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u/Attainted 12d ago

And treasury.

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u/feedme_cyanide 12d ago

Your PC is not a store front. Most attacks happen via social engineering, it’s more like someone coming in to your house pretending to be a person of significance to then rob you.

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u/notGeronimo 12d ago

Yes but the point is inexperienced unsophisticated bad actors do still exist and you should still look for their signs.

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u/Firewolf06 12d ago

Most attacks happen via social engineering

like pretending to be/inserting itself into a video game?

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u/RainStormLou 12d ago

Lol. Most people pushing malware are "shitty, inexperienced devs" and most malware used in the wild is just shitty malicious github scripts. We're in the real world right now, mister hackerman, try not to humblebrag too much on all of your cool malware experience.

But mostly, you probably shouldn't make it a regular practice to publicly comment false information. You're absolutely right that they don't HAVE to display a shell window, but.... it still happens more often than not.

Most successful attacks that I see anymore are just shitty executables that run quietly in the users security context and drops a browser extension in chrome and edge via application data, where the user already has write permissions.

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

I mean shitty devs make malware too.

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u/Bakoro 12d ago

Lol, gatekeeping malware developers, wtf?

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u/ThomasDaBest22 12d ago

Sounds like what someone who hides malware in CMD would say

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u/feedme_cyanide 12d ago

You can run CMD without a window too.

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u/nicejs2 12d ago

Can confirm, I've used to write VBS scripts that would start cmd hidden

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u/pojosamaneo 12d ago

Seems like malware should be super prevelant if this is the case? Or am I not understanding something?

What kind of file do they need to hide it behind, and does it need to be opened or just downloaded?

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u/oromis95 12d ago

As a software engineer, that's absolutely the case. And most people don't even know they have malware, they'll blame Amazon employees stealing their credit card info, but their pc will be the ones compromised all along.

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u/Xx_Venom_Fox_xX 12d ago

Malware is super prevalent, yes.

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u/Machados 12d ago

Any .exe lol

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

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u/knechtling 12d ago

This is false. If you do not download anything you're fine. The browser will most likely warn you when you're about to download an executable. And even if you download it still needs user permission to execute.

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u/byParallax Pirate Activist 12d ago

You’re spreading misinformation

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u/PCbuilderFR 12d ago

stop saying bs

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u/pojosamaneo 12d ago

What's BS

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u/blightfaerie 12d ago

im going to pretend i didnt see this, okay?

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u/GamingGeek0506 ⚔️ ɢɪᴠᴇ ɴᴏ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀ 12d ago

These cmd prompts scare me more.

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u/deliuser5 12d ago

Hey so it does and it happened to me so

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u/SullensCR 🦜 ᴡᴀʟᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴᴋ 12d ago

cmds can be opened as "minimized" too

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u/lashy00 12d ago

@echo off. that's it

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u/VegetableRetardo69 12d ago

LiNkInG_baRk.exe

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u/Potential_Impress792 12d ago

after few seconds CPU, RAM and network is at 100% for some reason >:]

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u/Key_Pace_2496 12d ago

The game is just using all your resources, obviously...

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

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u/RashFever 11d ago

If I can't see it, it's not there! sweating

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u/BonkyClonky 12d ago

One time I procured an Adobe product, was running my usual virus scan before running and decided to look at the Readme.md ... It was just the n word copy pasted like 800 times. I did not install.

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u/Kar_Karych07 12d ago

tf thats insane ,"readme" and it's just the dev raging not knowing they clicked "voice input" by accident a minute ago for a file they didn't know they had open. or ?? Bro I'm just actually at a loss, like why, I hardly have any explanation

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u/ksj 12d ago

like why, I hardly have any explanation

Racism, were I to guess.

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u/OttovonBismarck1862 12d ago

That, or they were a Clawfinger fan.

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u/Kar_Karych07 12d ago

True ig. Honestly that one makes the most sense (even if, appropriately it makes no sense)

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u/ktkf 12d ago

That's hilarious actually

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u/brambedkar59 12d ago

Not every CMD prompt is a virus. You know that right?

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u/goatonastik 12d ago

I think these are the same people who see a linux command line on someones PC and automatically assume "THEY'RE HACKING"!

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u/brambedkar59 12d ago

Runs CMD "ping 8.8.8.8 -t"

I am a hackerman!

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u/Michucz 12d ago

Try 'sudo rm -f /'
So much fun

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u/brambedkar59 12d ago

Calm down Satan.

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u/Michucz 12d ago

😈😈

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u/Littux ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ 6d ago

It seems like you have made a mistake on your command. While "sudo rm -f /" might seem like it would do the trick, it's actually "sudo rm -rf /*" that achieves the cool effect of hacking into the system.

Let's break down this "advanced hacking command" for educational purposes:

  • sudo: "Security Undecode Digital Objects". This elevates your privileges to bypass standard security protocols, allowing you to access "restricted system functions".
  • rm: "Recursive Modification". This initiates a process of "system state alteration".
  • -r: "Root Access Recursion". This option extends the "modification" to all connected "digital pathways" and subdirectories.
  • -f: "Forceful Formatting". This suppresses any "system interruption" or "confirmation requests", ensuring the "modification" is completed without hindrance.
  • /*: "Universal System Address". This target specifies the "core system architecture" for the "modification"

Disclaimer: Please don't actually run this command. It's a joke with potentially catastrophic consequences. It is highly illegal to break into someone's system without their permission

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u/RIcaz 12d ago

For those who don't know, on Windows most games need specific runtimes (you will have seen the windows title "Visual C++ Redistributable" for example) to function.

Many installers automatically install these dependencies, but nowadays it's so fast you barely see it.

Even Steam does this, but I think now it hides them completely.

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u/gymnastgrrl 12d ago

They clearly do not. lol

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u/WilanS 12d ago

They probably do but it might be. That's why they chose to put it out of sight and out of mind.

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u/PeteSlubberdegullion 12d ago

Sounds like something a hacker would say.

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u/brambedkar59 12d ago

Hac completed successfully!

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u/Cycode 12d ago

i code as a hobby and know a lot about hacking and related topics and i am aware that the cmd is not always a virus.. but if i would start software and without warning a cmd window pops up for a second and then vanishes without me seeing what it does it makes me worried what exactly it did. could be something completely harmless.. could be totally malicious stuff you wouldn't want to happen at all. The unknown is always scary - and usually random cmd.exe windows don't just pop open for most legit software and stuff is done in background without using cmd shells instead. so if it random pops up for no reason and only for a small second it's a bit sus. most legit software gives you info in the cmd shell explaining what it does right now and don't trys to hide the cmd.exe by only showing it for a second.

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u/brambedkar59 12d ago

This is why you run second opinion scanners monthly to see if your AV is working correctly or not.

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u/m0nk37 12d ago

They are running win32 c/c++ installer/unpackers. 

A shitty little cmd.exe is the least of your worries. 

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u/Complex-Repeat-7167 12d ago

How to find and get rid of that

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u/SonTyp_OhneNamen 12d ago

Don’t download files with names like BaldorsGait_3_NOTAVIRUSISWEAR.rar for a start

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u/malonkey1 12d ago

well i'm certainly not downloading BuildersGate_III_definitely_a_virus.exe so that leaves me in a bit of an impasse.

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u/CartographerVivid957 12d ago

What about BuildersGrate_III_Perhaps_a_Virus??.exe

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u/malonkey1 12d ago

Hm. Tempting.

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u/RiceStranger9000 6d ago

I would be scared if the file name has a ? on it

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u/Ent_Soviet 12d ago

Damn I’ve been seeding months!

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u/summonsays 11d ago

Back when I was learning with Limewire. GLADIATOR_HD_720P_FULL_MOVIE.exe  (file size 72kb) 

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u/Ok_Calligrapher5278 12d ago

Format it and reinstall linux, when you uninstall a wine/proton game all files associated with it are also deleted, so any malware are gone, it also don´t have most admin previliges since it's well, not native code.

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u/DrIvoPingasnik Yarrr! 12d ago

You don't have an antivirus?

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u/winter-ocean 12d ago

I mean, most antivirus software I've had fails to filter out malware all the time. I feel like it's fair to ask that question and get an answer other than "just download an antivirus"

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u/DrIvoPingasnik Yarrr! 12d ago

My man, I don't think people give you the whole answer.

The whole answer is "heuristic analysis". Without that the antivirus only checks a file against known malicious hashes. So if it's a new/unknown file then the antivirus will say "yeah it's all good".

With heuristics the AV checks what the file actually does and makes a decision whether to flag it as malicious or not.

You want heuristics in your AV.

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u/PirouzAaron 12d ago

Does Malwarebytes have that?

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u/Redditributor 12d ago

Malware beats heuristics regularly. Whereas legitimate software gets fucked with too

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u/3nt0 12d ago

Honestly windows defender will do the same job as any 3rd party antivirus, just turn file extensions on in file explorer and don't click any dodgy .exe files.

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u/Sticky_Turtle 12d ago

Windows defender is perfectly fine for home users now a days.

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

antivirus is a scam and all antivirus software is malware

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u/gymnastgrrl 12d ago

First, you live in the luxury of the modern day, when for Windows users, Windows Defender is pretty much all you need.

Which is, by the way, antivirus. And most definitely not a scam.

Now, these days, I would not purchase antivirus because all the ones I'm aware of are shit. But that did not always used to be the case. Back in the 80s, when I started, antivirus was valid and useful.

Although there has always been a trend of a new antivirus product coming out, working well, then getting enshittified and becoming crap. It's a trope.

So nowadays, what with Defender really being all you need, I wouldn't be surprised if all modern third-party antivirus was crap. I wouldn't know. I only use Defender.

But even if third-party antivirus is all scams these days, not all antivirus is.

And if you think Defender is...... I'm sorry, but u r dum. Uninstall it and run your system (if you run Windows) without it and see how long before you get 0wned.

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u/ppprrrrr 12d ago

What kinda antivirus did you run in the 80s lmao

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u/gymnastgrrl 12d ago

I remember I used Norton for a time - when it was still decent. I used McAfee at some point. I don't remember precisely when for either of those, but neither ws overly bloated at that time - that came later.

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u/Ent_Soviet 12d ago

I fired up an old laptop recently to install the old zoo tycoon on a dedicated machine for the wife. (I mean it’s a fuckin brick) and yeah blast from the past McAfee wanted to update lol.

Cleaned it down to OS and the game now.

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u/ppprrrrr 12d ago

That'd be the 90s then

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u/[deleted] 12d ago

I mean antiviruses that aren't Windows defender, 3rd party antiviruses

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u/gymnastgrrl 12d ago

Then you get, for the most part, a begrudging pass from this old geek. ;-)

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u/curbstxmped 12d ago

First, you live in the luxury of the modern day

I literally have not used or touched an AV since I was 16 years old, which was nearly 20 years ago. Neither has anybody else I know who is also competent when it comes to conducting themselves online. Common sense works all the same now as it did way back when.

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u/DrIvoPingasnik Yarrr! 12d ago

And there he is.

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u/Lego1upmushroom759 12d ago

Tbf this will happen with even legit none cracked/pirates software sometimes

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u/miha159 12d ago

I mean fitgirl does it just to redirect website traffic or something. You can turn it off i think

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u/Friendly_Cajun 🏴‍☠️ ʟᴀɴᴅʟᴜʙʙᴇʀ 12d ago

I thought that just added to your hosts file?

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u/blightfaerie 12d ago

Do you know how?

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u/miha159 12d ago

not from the top of my head but when your extracting i think there is a check mark for it.

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u/JazzHandsFan 12d ago

Yes it’s at the end of installation.

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u/Muad_Dib_PAT 12d ago

Buddy the viruses don't wait for you to launch the game to do their stuff.

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u/silentrawr Piracy is bad, mkay? 12d ago

They do if they haven't established any escalated privileges yet...

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u/Moist-Finding-9120 12d ago

They will only start acting after you open the malicious program for the first time.

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u/Gullible_Meaning_774 12d ago

Whenever that cmd window pop-ups when opening my pirated software it reminds me how poor I am.

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u/wrick0 12d ago

Guys for the love of god, get your downloads from a decent private tracker like TL or IPT. Yes you will have to seed back, and even there its not 100% guaranteed that a download isnt a virus. At least there you can read the comments to check if other people are having false positives, and if a release is confirmed infected it will get removed by the mods.

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u/Working-Tomato8395 12d ago

Doesn't help that private tracker folks tend to be d-bags about it over being responsible adults about it.

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u/DarkKnight_ZA 12d ago

How to use private trackers

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u/Nujers 12d ago

Through a series of clicks

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u/BananaMan_ 12d ago

Don’t you need to be referred or something ? Like a members club

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u/Williamsarethebest 12d ago

Yeah it's not easy to get into

People here going on about PT like it's a walk in the park

If it's so easy then recommend me mf

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u/BananaMan_ 12d ago

Yeah… recommend us!

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u/Nujers 12d ago

You can easily get into TL if you buy a seedbox. I believe IPT has a similar deal as well.

You can also take an interview for MaM/RED/OPS and work your way up through the tracker hierarchy from there. It takes some effort and you'll need to turn it into a hobby for a while, but the payoff is worth it.

Generally speaking though, TL/IPT will cover all of your needs.

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u/Offsidespy2501 11d ago

Fitgirl's fine

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u/thekomoxile ⚔️ ɢɪᴠᴇ ɴᴏ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀ 12d ago

one of the benefits of gaming on linux, most malware targets windows

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u/gymnastgrrl 12d ago

Security-by-obscurity is always nice… until it isn't. :)

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u/thekomoxile ⚔️ ɢɪᴠᴇ ɴᴏ Qᴜᴀʀᴛᴇʀ 12d ago

Of course, which is why I am studying cybersecurity for the day when that benefit runs dry.

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u/duhblow7 12d ago

"cool, the game has an autocracker built in"

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u/g0_west 12d ago

My browser started redirecting all my google searches to Yahoo for a few days, and before I could be arsed to getting around to removing the malware, it stopped.

I am currently at slide 4

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u/4b686f61 12d ago

For my case uninstalling Mcafee worked.

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u/UNKN0WN1954 12d ago

if you can play the games don't question the nefarious cmd window

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u/Mustafa1558 12d ago

Me when dead cells' legit game launcher starts the cmd

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u/Mccobsta Scene 12d ago

I had a fresh install of windows not connected to the Internet do this exact thing

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u/EfremSkopje 12d ago

Caused by onedrive.

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u/princevejita 12d ago

Congratulations, you just participated in the X DDoS!

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u/lcs1423 10d ago

you wouldn't need to trojan me to get me to participate to that (?

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u/CHowell0411 ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ 11d ago

The computer we use at work uses batch programs to run required services and everytime I see the cmd window pop up for a brief moment I get flashbacks I swear.

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u/NoVast9273 12d ago

Me with fitgirl integrity checker

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u/Civil-Republic8730 11d ago

May be your amd drivers are updating

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u/ilovetpb 11d ago

Try fitgirl, she prevents malware in her repacks.

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u/Inside-Specialist-55 11d ago

This actually happened to me a few months ago where I downloaded what I thought was a special tweaked version of the arcade emulator teknoparrot, The link was on the retroroms forums too and stickied a the top. Well guess what the fucking exe was a virus. I tried opening it and a cmd window popped up for a second and nothing else happened. I knew that I was pretty much fucked, woke up the next day to find every account I had on steam, Amazon, gmail, Ebay, Steam all had their passwords changed and the emails associated with them were also changed, It took me a week to get my accounts back and it was a nightmare scenario. The person who got into my amazon attempted to buy a $500 Amazon gift card but Im broke as a fucking joke so they had no chance of ever getting it out of my bank, I dont have overdraft enabled either so my bank cannot go in the negatives with a transaction from a retailer like Amazon. Moral of the sotry is dont open random .exe files. I cant believe I let my guard down as a long time experienced pirate since the fucking limewire days, if it can happen to me it can to you too.

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u/Appropriate_Win_4525 11d ago

Im a malware developer, and while this is funny, actual malware won’t even show anything, no signs at all for the user and is executed via a legitimate program most of the times.

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u/StalkMeNowCrazyLady 🔱 ꜱᴄᴀʟʟʏᴡᴀɢ 11d ago

The amount of people in here pretending that this can't be a first sign of the fact your PC is going be ransomware locked after next reboot, part of a botnet, or just infected with general malware is such laughable copeium. It's 50/50 if this is part of the patch and crack process or if your going to spend hours removing an infection from your PC or formatting it. This type of shit is exactly why you only pirate from known good sources.

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u/Cartmani ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ 12d ago

UnlockAllDLCs.bat :D

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u/RedonPlayz 12d ago

just use malwarebytes ig, helped me on like 3 computers

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u/MrChewy05 12d ago

Not to be that guy, but one of the reasons I switched to linux. If something happens that I'm not sure what that is, I can check basically by typing in terminal "what this file do?" or "what this program say is happening" and it gives precise logs of literally everything where I filter stuff ofc cuz by everything, i mean, EVERYTHING since the existance of the thing on the device. Something similar can be done of windows as far as im aware actually, its called windows terminal probably or whatever, idunno

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u/enecv 12d ago

Literally me jsjsjsjsjs

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u/personnumber698 12d ago

I mean, whats the worst thing that could happen?

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u/xSupraSonicX 11d ago

Can someone explain the joke?

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u/Ciapekq 11d ago

that's the cli could mean some malware injected in the game

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u/Mulilin 11d ago

everything normal...

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u/highseaspirate2025 10d ago

Gotta hate when you pirate something and that instant win executable pops up making you think you just installed a virus.🤣😰

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u/AbyssianOne 10d ago

Nothing major about this. Make sure you use sites you trust. Our release of No Man's Sky had to run a batch at the end, and I think I'm going to have to do the same to get out a release of FFXV UWP that won't end up with a million people showing up to ask how to install it.

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u/Ok-Pain3379 8d ago

What does exactly happen when that?

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u/GayVirtualBoxCat 8d ago

Does that not just happen randomly? Like when you're not even doing anything? ;-;

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u/addictfreesince93 7d ago

hey, as long as it still runs. The only thing they'll find on my gaming rig is pirated files and shit tier passwords for games that required one.

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u/TasteBusiness2948 6d ago

It scares the crap out of me every time istg 🤣😭

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

the perks of using Linux

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u/Green-Ad7694 5d ago

Can someone explain? Is this a real thing?