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4 panel System32Comics comic 1: "Oh no! The virus is stealing my personal data!" 2: "Free Anti-Virus Software Help!" 3: Free Anti-Virus Software to the rescue! 4: Free Anti-Virus Software is stealing his personal data

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[–] Son_of_dad 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] CheesyFox 1 points 1 year ago

yeah, except they are either targeted towards large companies' infrastrusture or they are dumb and easy to detect. Also tell me, how long ago have you ever downloaded a file from any unfamilliar source? Even torrent trackers nowadays have moderation, also as they check their files. Why would you spend your PC resources on either paid or obviously selling your personal data piece of software? Only because you were told so?