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Fake 7-Zip downloads are turning home PCs into proxy nodes (www.malwarebytes.com)
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[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 days ago

Following a YouTube tutorial for a new build, they were instructed to download 7‑Zip from 7zip[.]com, unaware that the legitimate project is hosted exclusively at 7-zip.org.

My heart goes out to the poor, unsuspecting new PC owner and at the same time: fuck YouTube tutorials. It's basically Russian roulette: either the information is solid or you get shit like this. YouTube doesn't vet videos, nor does it have any interest in doing so, unless profits are somehow involved.