Four days for an update to malware definitions is how computers get infected with malware. But you’re right that they should at least do some sort of simple test. “Does the machine boot, and are its files not getting overzealously deleted?”
Kennel? You mean kernel?
Now where’s that comic…
Ah, found it!
I just call them communities. That’s what I’ve seen others use.
FYI, there was no “conversation so far”. That was the first thing I’ve ever asked “Rufus”.
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I’m not quite that young. Netizen is a “citizen of the internet”, IIRC. More specifically, it’s a portmanteau of “internet” and “citizen”.
I had also heard what the meaning of GIF was, though not so often that I could remember it off the top of my head.
I’m not quite as old as the JPG format, but I do still remember using dial-up. I still remember accidentally logging into the internet when my dad was on the phone one day. I could hear his voice through the computer speakers. I immediately closed the browser. It was something that’d, surprisingly, never happened while I was on the computer before.
Yeah, but it’s almost always used for animations. Seeing one that’s not animated just feels… weird.
That’s… a great question. What’s the purpose of a gif with only one frame?
The only reason Switch emulation is as far along as it is is because they made a mistake with the hardware in the Switch’s 2017 model. As long as they don’t make a mistake like that again, they’ll probably be fine.
Oh, my bad. It was zed instead of the letter “zee”.
It’s 3am, and I’m exhausted, about to head to bed.
Whenever I hear someone say “zed”, it always throws me for a loop. I follow a Canadian streamer, and they use it in place of “zero” the letter “zee”.
This. I literally just joined. I have no idea what the server layout is or where all the important links are.
I’ve come across a few projects over the years where the ownership is transferred and it’s then loaded up with malware
See: The Great Suspender
The original developer sold the repo to a new, anonymous maintainer. The new maintainer abandoned the repo but continued updating the Chrome Web Store version of the addon. That version eventually got delisted by Google for including malware.
And I believe it’s being developed by some of the same people, too.
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if a windows system is behaving funny, it has to do with virus.
Not always true. Sometimes, it’s a driver issue. (Usually, a reinstall can fix the issue.) Or it could, very rarely, even be a BIOS/ UEFI issue. (Don’t touch it unless you know what you’re doing, and only download updates from your manufacturer’s website.)
No problem. And all you need to do, really, is put a space between the link and the parenthese.
The driver was one installed on the computer by the security company. The driver would look for and block threats incoming via the internet or intranet.
The definitions update included a driver update, and most of the computers the software was used on were configured to automatically restarted to install the update. Unfortunately, the faulty driver update caused computers to BSOD and enter a boot loop.
Because of the boot loop, the driver could only be removed manually by entering Safe Mode. (That’s the thing you saw about deleting that file.) Then the updated driver, the one they released when they discovered the bug, would ideally be able to be installed normally after exiting Safe Mode.