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Be on the lookout for this scary piece of malware! Your tech illiterate relatives' PCs are probably already infected!
(hexbear.net)
this post was submitted on 11 Oct 2025
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My Laptop and Desktop have been windows free for years now. I Unfortunately have 1 box that it's only purpose is to run software for my Line 6 Helix and Power Amp, and my 8bitdo controllers for firmware updates. However, that box I debloated, and remote into it from a superior system.
USB pasthrough used to work, and I'd run a VM but I no longer am able to do this.
What benefits are you getting from actually updating the 8BitDo-firmware as opposed to... not doing that?
Well, I got a switch 2 and the controllers didn't work with it until I did. And bug fixed with some of the extra features.
Nice. Always neat to see that virus removed from a home. Are you running a Windows free home, then, or is it just your own individual tech that's malware free?
All but my one box for proprietary hardware, and my work computer otherwise all Linux. Servers running fedora, or raspberry pi os, and laptoo and desktop running arch.
Neat.