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To: Bob434; Openurmind
This is the firs time anything like his has happend in Linux though.

Your description sounds like it is OS-agnostic. It happened through a search and a browser.

However, I am kinda surprised that Linux would allow an automatic download, as Openurmind has already pointed out.

Might want to check your browser settings for downloading files.

24 posted on 05/05/2023 8:30:35 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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To: ShadowAce; Bob434

“Might want to check your browser settings for downloading files.”

I can’t see Bob not already going through all the browser settings, he is good about checking that stuff. But this could be a new trick from a source. I would like to try and reproduce it in a sandbox if Bob remembers where and what it was? Or can find it again without clicking it.

But as a side note guys... I think I have finally found a good secure browser, (well as secure as anything can be). I have been testing LibreWolf and it looks like a keeper so far. I added NoScript to it and it seems to be doing well.


25 posted on 05/05/2023 8:43:33 AM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: ShadowAce; Openurmind

Yep, i beleive it was agnostic- Thanks, I will check that ouT in the settings. I will see if I can find the link again, and be sure to label it as possibly dangerous.


27 posted on 05/05/2023 8:51:29 AM PDT by Bob434 (question )
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