News 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' Pirates Hit by Crypto Malware

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Reason Labs reported that pirated versions of "Spider-Man: No Way Home" are being used to spread crypto mining malware.

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[DemonicSky]

I don't know a single person that would ever, EVER run a randomly found .exe file when downloading a movie. This headline might as well have said "Random viruses can occur if you download executables from unknown source".

 

[USAFRet]

I don't know a single person that would ever, EVER run a randomly found .exe file when downloading a movie. This headline might as well have said "Random viruses can occur if you download executables from unknown source".

We see those people here every single day.

"I needed Foo.exe, because I need to make some funny cat memes."
"I found a link to download it"
"I clicked, and my antivirus said it was hazardous"
"I told my AV to ignore"
"I ran the Foo.exe"
"My system is now running slow, and my files seem to be 'encrypted'. What can I do?"

Every. Single. Day.

 

[DemonicSky]

Then I really feel sorry for you. I've worked in IT for the last 3 decades, and even where I work now people wouldn't be that dense. And this is a place where people share their passwords with colleagues because otherwise "they forget them", or create support tickets to ask us to verify mails (if they are spam or not), and even these people know not to run random exe files :|

Starting to see why scammers invest in 1000x USB drives then leave them around parks and playgrounds..

 

[USAFRet]

Then I really feel sorry for you. I've worked in IT for the last 3 decades, and even where I work now people wouldn't be that dense. And this is a place where people share their passwords with colleagues because otherwise "they forget them", or create support tickets to ask us to verify mails (if they are spam or not), and even these people know not to run random exe files :|

Starting to see why scammers invest in 1000x USB drives then leave them around parks and playgrounds..

Don't feel sorry for "me".
This is just random users that find their way to Tom's.

Stroll through some recent threads in here...

Antivirus / Security / Privacy

forums.tomshardware.com

Or this one:

Question - I accidently ran this virus exe.

Does this .exe have malware and amd I going to be good and not have to worry about my pc being ratted? I cleaned my PC with Malwarebytes and I am scared as I have important information on my PC. Moderator thinks that link is too dangerous to show and has been removed.

forums.tomsguide.com

 

[DemonicSky]

I thought you were referring to your own line of work. Tom's I get as it's been quoted to clueless users numerous times. Even when I worked at tech support for Microsoft, I would almost daily, mention it to users. (Yes every tech support love these forums).

While it's good they can find a resource like this forum, you'd think that at this stage of our digital society, running random .exe files would be long gone. But it still feels like a clickbait headline, as these any malware in a .exe isn't specific to a movie, and has been out for decades in all kinds of media. Even in 3.11 you had Netbus installed through Whack-a-mole.

 

[peachpuff]

I don't know a single person that would ever, EVER run a randomly found .exe file when downloading a movie. This headline might as well have said "Random viruses can occur if you download executables from unknown source".

Blame Microsoft for hiding the file extension by default. The file will look like spiderman.torrent rather than spiderman.torrent.exe in file explorer.

 

[USAFRet]

Blame Microsoft for hiding the file extension by default. The file will look like spiderman.torrent rather than spiderman.torrent.exe in file explorer.

People would still do it.

 

[Wolfshadw]

While it's good they can find a resource like this forum, you'd think that at this stage of our digital society, running random .exe files would be long gone.

Gotta remember that every year, there's a new round of computer newbies that have no clue (Mom and Dad bought their youngest his/her first PC).

-Wolf sends

 

[COLGeek]

Isn't everything on the Interwebs "free"? 🤔 And, carries no risk? 😈


🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

 

[Wolfshadw]

Oh! And let's not forget the stubborn people who ignore the first 50 sites that says a file is hazardous for that one site that says it's safe.
(Don't tell me the truth! Tell me what I want to hear!)

-Wolf sends

 

[NightHawkRMX]

In all honesty I have absolutely 0 sympathy for these thieves in this circumstance.

A ticket to go see this movie at the local cinemas is a massive whipping $8. If you would rather steal something and hurt the people that spent their time and money on making it rather than paying just $8 for a ticket, you deserve this.

They are just getting what they deserve and I don't see an issue with this.

 

[USAFRet]

My friend told that 'photoshop' is good for making funny cat memes. I obviously can't afford those stupid corporate prices! Where is a link to the "free" version?

 

[NightHawkRMX]

My friend told that 'photoshop' is good for making funny cat memes. I obviously can't afford those stupid corporate prices! Where is a link to the "free" version?

I'd just link them paint.net lol

good freeware

 

[DRagor]

Where is a link to the "free" version?

GIMP is free, and will do as substitute for photoshop. I would guess for every program that does something there is also free one that does the same. Just a matter of finding it, but humans are too lazy.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Adobe stuff is completely overpriced, and the fact you have to pay monthly to use it indefinitely is very expensive.

But, there are free or open source alternatives.

I wanted a video editing program but didn't want to pay anything. Just got the free version of davinci resolve. Sure it's lacking some features from the paid version, but it does all I need and was legitimately legally free.

 

[USAFRet]

I DO link them to GIMP and paint.net.

As well as HitFilm Express and DaVinci Resolve.

However....
"Yes, but my friend said that photoshoip is the best, so...where's the free version?"
"You're useless! Never mind, I'll find it myself!"

2 days later.....
"Why did all my files change to cat.ransomCrypt?

 

[USAFRet]

Question - Where to download free Photoshop 2019 2020 no viruses

Where to download free Photoshop 2019 2020 no viruses

forums.tomshardware.com

[SOLVED] - HELP, I THINK I MIGHT HAVE CAUGHT A MALWARE.

so basically there is this website my friend showed me a couple of years ago, you can get free games and apps from there, i used that website to get a few games for free on my old pc, and a few days ago I wanted to use it again to get photoshop( I never had problems with that website nor my...

forums.tomshardware.com

 

[USAFRet]

Just now....

Question - Adware in browser after pirating software

I was trying to pirate Office and I got adware in my browser whenever I open a new Chrome window, it goes to a website but in the settings the search engine was Google. When I extracted the file, Defender detected a few viruses in folder 0\1\2\3\4\5\7\8\9\msw.exe and 0\1\2\3\4\5\6\7\8\9\2.exe ...

forums.tomshardware.com

 

[Old Molases]

This why you should always use trustworthy antiviruses and antimlawares.

 

[USAFRet]

This why you should always use trustworthy antiviruses and antimlawares.

AV does not protect from willful stupidity.

 

[Old Molases]

AV does not protect from willful stupidity.

It at least gives you heads up.

 

[COLGeek]

It at least gives you heads up.

Maybe, but then it is often too late. Bad cyber hygiene habits/practices can overcome the best intentions (of the protection measures).

 

[Old Molases]

Maybe, but then it is often too late. Bad cyber hygiene habits/practices can overcome the best intentions (of the protection measures).

Agreed