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Extreme nitpick: > InstallCore was also behind a fake installer for a Windows version of Snapchat, a program that's only ever been available on mobile. It woul
by TechBro8615 4y ago
Extreme nitpick:
> InstallCore was also behind a fake installer for a Windows version of Snapchat, a program that's only ever been available on mobile. It would instead install Android emulator BlueStacks, as well as the usual injection of adware.
This was true in 2015 when the referenced blog post was written.
Nowadays Snapchat is not only available on mobile; there is a web client. Additionally, on Mac OS, there is an officially supported emulation (virtualization?) layer that allows you to run iOS apps (at least in theory; I’ve never tried it).
EDIT: this comment is almost entirely wrong, sorry! I’ll leave it up since people have replied to it. I don’t know why I thought there was a web client - maybe I was thinking of snap map. And I thought that you could run any iOS app on Apple M1, but apparently this is not true. (While I was searching this, I believe I also encountered articles promoting the same malware described in the OP!)
- l33t2328 4y agoNitpick to your nitpick: > InstallCore was also behind a fake installer for a Windows version of Snapchat, a program that's only ever been available on mobile. It would instead install Android emulator BlueStacks That actually sounds like a _real_ installer for a Windows version of snapchat. Just because they had to use some technical trick to make it work doesn’t mean diddly(if it actually works).
- josephcsible 4y ago> Nowadays Snapchat is not only available on mobile; there is a web client. This isn't true.
- liuliu 4y agoI would be surprised if the iOS emulator can run production Snapchat app. Their policy has been incredibly consistent on where Snapchat should be used (real device, with cameras). Anything else probably will fail the attestation phase.