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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Asus bombards Windows 11 with christmas.exe malware-like Christmas wreath banner

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Asus bombards Windows 11 with christmas.exe malware-like Christmas wreath banner

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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The Christmas.exe in Task Manager and the Christmas theme wreath banner that covers half of your screen on Windows 11 are not malware.

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It also automatically reinstalls itself through a BIOS feature. That’s advanced level malware.

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