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You mean like all of the ransomware that is being reported on a monthly basis? My mom looked for a printer driver by searching on Google and installed some type
by raw_anon_1111 1y ago
You mean like all of the ransomware that is being reported on a monthly basis? My mom looked for a printer driver by searching on Google and installed some type of crap that wasn’t the official driver. She is 80. But she has actively been using computers since we had an Apple //e in the house in 1986.
On the Mac, people installed Zoom and it installed a backdoor web server.
- Wowfunhappy 1y agoI'm explicitly only talking about ransomware that requires disabling Windows Defender.
- BenjiWiebe 1y agoPlease install an ad blocker on your mom's computer, if you haven't already. Not every fake driver etc gets blocked by an ad blocker, but the majority do.
- raw_anon_1111 1y agoThe fake printer driver came up in the organic results…