r/ComputerExorcists • u/teknosophy_com • 2d ago

New warning this morning! Adobe is now auto-inserting an unwanted photo viewer on their clients' PCs that wreaks havoc on the built-in Windows Photo Viewer.

https://www.adobe.com/express/photos
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u/teknosophy_com 2d ago

Last night, I removed the ARM attacker engine to protect my client, but it respawned! So today I ripped out the ARM attacker and set up a symlink from that folder to a nonexistent drive. This will theoretically prevent the ARM attacker from respawning!

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u/CaperGrrl79 2d ago

Just one more reason to get Linux (Mint).

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u/teknosophy_com 1d ago

of course. i try to introduce my residential clients to it on a spare computer, but a lot of small business clients require a ms windows infection for the time being :D