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Oh no! Not the virus code! (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children) 
    ˡafraid1
ıPanic·
*Russian*
*hackers*
[–] utopianfiat -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The inclusion of "Russian" strike anyone else as like ethnically insensitive

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's just your average stereotype. Every nationality has them!

[–] TheOneWithTheHair 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

while(1) fork();

[–] kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E 2 points 1 year ago

lil trickster aren't u

[–] EatYouWell 4 points 1 year ago

I mean, I get it. Actual network intrusion detection is pretty boring considering most things are getting hit a few hundred/thousand times a day.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

afraid

Panic

[–] Whelks_chance 2 points 1 year ago

Afaik this isn't completely ridiculous. Some viruses add themselves to exe files. Then the virus checkers can look for that fingerprint within the file data.