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[Reddit] Valheim official discord was taken over and distributed malware (old.reddit.com)
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[–] entropicshart@sh.itjust.works 27 points 9 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] taanegl@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There are data companies who will throw away $10k server racks if they believe there is a firmware rootkit on it.

Removing firmware rootkit isn't as easy as it sounds, because you can't really be sure the system has been completely flushed after rewriting it all, because you'd need a pretty expensive lab and many man hours to do it properly.

So, if you're dealing with sensitive data, in the pile it goes, and then you write it off on taxes.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] taanegl@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Fair enough, but I was talking about servers.

[–] fathog@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

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

[–] nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

It's very cheap to buy drive and just back it up periodically.