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Ignorance is bliss (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver to c/gaming

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Ah yes, Windows...

Not only for viruses, I saw legitimate software creating those console windows to run.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Good spyware doesnt show those either, they're not a sign of malware but of sloppy coding.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not always. Having spent significant time of the entire projects to hide console and powershell windows, I think Windows is just crap.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, there was a good cli-tool for this, until it didn't work anymore.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

A tool for this...
Running a program by another program without interrupting user should be a basic feature of an OS!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

You would probably love Oberon.

[–] trashgirlfriend 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure some drivers do that

[–] Agent641 17 points 9 months ago (2 children)

My work PC does it on boot. Opens and then closes like 8 command windows.

[–] trashgirlfriend 21 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Well that probably is malware but installed by your company

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

or our corporate overlord who knows, windows itself is spyware

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Just look into journal and logs what processes were started by a terminal window...

Oh... Right.

[–] 1371113 6 points 9 months ago

Startup scripts most likely. A sign of a bunch of legacy tech in your environment.