Ask HN: State of malware in 2022? Share your stories

by andrecarini on 9/4/2022, 10:31 PM with 2 comments

Hi HN,

Have you had to deal with malware in recent times (last couple of years)? Family devices or at the workplace? Run-of-the-mill ransomware or more advanced attacks? Were they easy to deal with?

I can't recall the last time I have seen an active infection. Probably back in 2003 or so. Share your stories!

  • by cauefcr on 9/5/2022, 1:26 AM

    I went hunting for shitty websites and the browser bugs they abuse, googling for "free paypal money" and similar unreasonable things, I wasn't careful enough, and the machine started crashing and lagging after a particularly nasty pop-under, i couldn't get this install back to working condition after that (and couldn't trust the install, so formatting time). (Chrome on Manjaro)

  • by mardiyah on 9/4/2022, 11:02 PM

    so use Linux instead