Uninstalling the #MicrosoftStore version of #Python and disabling #WindowsDefender so the #torch dlls properly install so I can run comfyui-zluda, a fork of #comfyui which uses #zluda which is a shim for #CUDA applications to use #AMD #HIP SDK so I can download #stableDiffusion and run it on my #Radeon #GPU because #Amuse won't let me generate porn.
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@mrgrumpymonkey depends...
- We've already seen shit that cracked #Windowy8Bing, #Windows10S and #Windows11Home wide open with #Adware that also disables #WindowsDefender.
Next logical step is some #PowerShell script that downloads a #Linux distro image, repartition the system drive, add some unallocated space at the end, put a #CloudInit config in it and then do an #UnattendedInstall of said system with bcd by calling up #bcdedit to #chainload said partition.
- I jist have neither the time nor spoons to do that shit myself, but in theory a #NetInstaller image of ~ 100MB should suffice...
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@GossiTheDog @signalapp it merely prevents #Screenshots by claiming it's #DRM'd content.
It's a mere ask and #Microsoft could specifically close that #API and make it subject to contractual agreements (as they did with their #Antivirus API calls to disable #WindowsDefender!) if they decide this is against their wishes.
It also doesn't prevent the #Keylogger nor works against the known #CryptoAPI #backdoor affecting all #Browsers (except #Firefox and @torproject / #TorBrowser) which can be triggered by a single #HTTPS request.
The correct solution for #Signal would be to alert all their users and specifically block #Windows in general or at least #Windows11 simply because it is a #Govware and empirically cannot be made private or secure.
But that would require them to actually give a shit, which thed don't, cuz otherwise they would've stopped demanding #PII like a #PhoneNumber and moved out of juristiction of #CloudAct.
- I mean, what's gonna prevent the #Trump-Regime from threatening @Mer__edith et. al. with lifetime in jail for not kicking the #ICC (or anyone else he and his fans dislike) from #Signal's infrastructure?
Since they are highly centralized.they certainly are capable to comply with "#Sanctions" (or whatever bs he'll claim!)...
GitHubGitHub - kkarhan/windows-ca-backdoor-fix: Fixes a critical backdoor in Windows' CryptoAPI, which allows to unconsenting Update of CA Certificates in the background. See https://www.heise.de/ct/ausgabe/2013-17-Zweifelhafte-Updates-gefaehrden-SSL-Verschluesselung-2317589.htmlFixes a critical backdoor in Windows' CryptoAPI, which allows to unconsenting Update of CA Certificates in the background. See https://www.heise.de/ct/ausgabe/2013-17-Zweifelhafte-Updates-gefae...
I just replied to a blog comment, and I thought that I post my reply here as well:
I think that I have good reasons to be “against Avast,” having published seven articles on them so far. The security issues alone are bad enough. But Avast abused their position to collect and sell users’ browsing profiles. After they were caught they claimed the data to be anonymized, they claimed to only sell aggregated data – and they continue lying to this day, despite there being conclusive evidence to the contrary. While the company has been bought, it’s still the same people in charge. This sort of undermines any trust in them for anything related to security.
As the security of antivirus software goes, I’m not very fond of any as the articles in the “antivirus” category of my blog show. With Kaspersky it wasn’t only the security issues but also how they handled them, pushing out half-hearted fixes only for these to be circumvented shortly afterwards. McAfee and BullGuard had massive security issues stemming from being careless about security and not following best practices.
I’ve found a critical security issue in Bitdefender’s solution as well, but with them I at least had the impression that they were trying. Unfortunately, that’s currently the bar in the antivirus industry – at least trying to make their product secure.
Security-wise, one good thing about Windows Defender is that it only needs to do one job. It doesn’t need all the extra functionality as a selling argument. It doesn’t need to be a banking browser, it doesn’t need to be a phishing protection, it only needs to be an antivirus solution. It can keep a very small attack surface compared to all those antivirus suites, and so it does (yes, I checked).
Having Windows and installing AntiVirus Software is like being sick and drinking bleach.
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@Saupreiss Klar, nur bietet #Microsoft nichtmals ansatzweise die Menge an #Support und #Assurance an die #Linux Distros wie #RHEL (Workstation), #SLES / #SLED, #UbuntuLTS und #OracleLinux abmnbieten obwohl #Windows und besonders #WindowsServer deutlich teurer durchzulizensieren ist.
Außerdem ist das komplette "#Antimalware" / "#Antivirus" - Business doch einfach nur #Scareware die auf kongnitive Dissonanz abzielt weil Leute die #WindowsDefender misstrauen nicht gleich die #Govware namens Windows mit enstorgen!
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@Cappyjax @WB2EEE @Zugschlus @elly
I disagree with your assessment to some extent, as on #Linux there's not much of a tolerace or even acceptance of #rootkits like #CorwdStrike for all the right reasons!
- #Scareware like that has no legitimate reason to exist and the only place I've seen that is on #Windows because people distrusting #WindowsDefender and thus #Microsoft are unwilling to to what is evidently the correct solution and yeet Windows for good.
Cuz it's not about #Fanboyism, but a fact that most Windows - #Sysadmins (or rather decisionmakers for that matter) seem to be high on #Copium and refuse to take actual #consequences but accept the #Enshittification as a fact of life when it's not...
- Or am I the only one who remembers the rightful backclash when #ads were shoved into #Ubuntu whilst on #Windows11 and #Windows10 people just seem to shrug their shoulders?
It's just that this entire shitshow would not have happened on #Linux because here we don't have an entire ecosystem of #ValueRemoving "#AntiVirus" bs being shoved on Desktops and Servers in the form of #Binaryblob #Kernelhacks!
MastodonCpyJx 🍉 (@Cappyjax@mastodon.social)@kkarhan@infosec.space @WB2EEE@mastodon.radio @Zugschlus@zug.network @elly@donotsta.re I'm a Linux fanboy but what you're saying are half-truths mixed with non sequiturs to make it seem like this issue could never happen on Linux. What happened to Windows/CrowdStrike can happen to _any_ system. Full stop. The only reason it didn't affect every Linux system is because the ecosystem isn't homogeneous. If they had all been on the same version that crashed, then **every single one** would have crashed. Good admin practice isn't exclusive to Linux.
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Ok so I uninstalled the Norton after it expired. Now just using Malwarebytes Premium & Windows Defender.... First time I am "trusting" Microsoft to keep me safe... Here goes nothing. Need to figure out if I should change the setting in MBAM to always register MBAM in Windows Security Center or not... Want to avoid conflicts for these two... *antivirus #malwarebytes #MBAM #WindowsDefender
"It took over 5 years, but Microsoft has finally fixed a bug that caused Windows Defender to drain CPU resources when Mozilla’s Firefox browser is active.
In 2018, Mozilla staff reported that #Windows10’s built-in malware-detection program caused CPU consumption to top 30%. "
5-Year-Old #WindowsDefender Bug That Caused #CPUSpikes on #Firefox Finally Fixed | #BugHunt #Browsers | PCMag
https://www.pcmag.com/news/5-year-old-windows-defender-bug-cpu-spikes-on-firefox-finally-fixed
Chrome, Defender, and Firefox 0-days linked to commercial IT firm in Spain - Enlarge (credit: Getty Images)
Google researchers said on Wedn... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1901167 #windowsdefender #exploitseller #firefox #zeroday #biz&it #chrome