basically anything in a WinRAR package in the wild should be considered malware
this post was submitted on 19 Mar 2025
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I thought that was always true. Zip or tar has always been preferable to me.
We were alerted to Mac and Windows stealers currently distributed via Reddit posts targeting users engaging in cryptocurrency trading. One of the common lures is a cracked software version of the popular trading platform TradingView.
Ah, no shock there.
Installing cracked crypto-related software has got to be one of the dumbest things I've read this morning.