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.....and yet again.....W11 is the source of much unnecessary pain.
At this point, I almost consider W11 itself to be something of a malware more then an OS. Crap like this, bloody ad pop-ups, f-ing co-pilot forced into every corner of the OS and anything that runs on it, constantly offering suggestions you never asked for, slow PC performance.....the list goes on.
Many of the AV softwares are known for generating false-positives, ESPECIALLY the trial versions, as they OFTEN give false positive results(by design), in an attempt to get you to purchase a subscription to their software. If you do that, the next scan miraculously shows ZERO problems - but that was cos of a virus database update, naturally, not cos you just bought a subscription....
AV softwares like to use scare-tactics to try to get the user to panic and fork over cash for subscriptions to AV software they could probably easily do without.
MOST of the nasties now, are in the form of email scams and phishing, more then viruses hiding in the background. Not to say that viruses aren't still an issue - they are - but most scams now pretend to be some other website via emails or malware pop-ups.
Here in New Zealand, every few years, a common email scam resurfaces and pretends to be from either the New Zealand Police, or Inland Revenue - and threatens penalties from mega-buck fines to arrest for NOT paying an outstanding fine....a fine that does not exist, cos you were never fined for anything - it is a lie.
But the scams LOOK authentic, as the scammers have copied the entire genuine website, all the graphics and everything, and just change any links to pages that attempt to steal your CC details. Older folk are easily scammed this way, cos they just BELIEVE that the emails are genuine, cos they have all the authentic Police or IRD logos and graphics. Sometimes a phone number is given, but that just lets you call up the scammer, rather then the scammer calling you for a change. |
