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I'm guessing a common sequence is someone knowing what curl is, but not knowing that Windows ships with it. So, thinking that System32\curl.exe must have been
by tyingq 4y ago
I'm guessing a common sequence is someone knowing what curl is, but not knowing that Windows ships with it. So, thinking that System32\curl.exe must have been put there by malware, or put there by someone installing optional software.
- Freak_NL 4y agoMicrosoft should have renamed it to WINDLHLP.COM or something Windowsy like that, and none of these people would have dared touch it.
- tyingq 4y agoI noticed that "curl" in PowerShell is an alias, so you would have to deliberately say "curl.exe" to get System32\curl.exe C:\> alias curl CommandType Name Version Source ----------- ---- ------- ------ Alias curl -> Invoke-WebRequest
- justeleblanc 4y agoThat's not the case in the latest versions of powershell.
- archgoon 4y ago[dead]
- VWWHFSfQ 4y agoYeah they did the same thing with wget. Just absolutely bonkers
- phpisthebest 4y agoThat is for Windows Powershell, not Powershell (and yes Windows Powershell is different from PowerShell [1]) curl > curl.exe > C:\Windows\System32\curl.exe [1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/whats-new/differences-from-windows-powershell?view=powershell-7.3 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/whats...
- thomasjudge 4y agoThis is so Microsoft