Spyke
entropicshart
sh.itjust.works

The amount of suggestions to try removing the virus instead of performing a full wipe truly amazes me.

Backup known files, scrutinize them, wipe all the disks and clean install

28
sugar_in_your_teareply
sh.itjust.works

Yup, rootkits are a thing.

That said, you probably shouldn't handle sensitive data on your gaming PC. There's a reason a lot of companies require use of a company computer, and this is one of those reasons.

3
fathogreply
lemmy.world

I thought you were exaggerating, but nope. That thread is really hard to read. I guess if you’re the type to run executables off a discord server you’re not the brightest bulb though lol

8
ULS
lemmy.ml

How do you get malware via discord?

6
Nighedreply
sffa.community

Even better if you use the new .zip tld as valheim mods are (probably?) Zips?

4
RightHandOfIkarosreply
lemmy.world

By downloading/clicking on every link you see without any thinking of what it is, why its being shared, etc.

13
bane_killgrindreply
kbin.social

On a hugely popular discord, you can't expect everyone to have a personal relationship with an admin so they can tell or verify when an official post is less than official.

I would absolutely fake the style of post the admin usually does if I decided to spread something in a server.

That being said, users should think about the source of stuff they do download.

2

You reached the end

[Reddit] Valheim official discord was taken over and distributed malware | Spyke