viking

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[–] viking@infosec.pub 5 points 2 days ago

WikiMedia Foundation, the organization behind Wikipedia. Free knowledge for everyone seems like a pretty dope concept.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 3 points 2 days ago

They've been using AAC with a variable bitrate for the last 15+ years, usually capped at 192 kbps, which is plenty. Stuff from 2009 and older might still be recorded in 128 kbps, but they've been replacing some with better quality versions as well.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Germany won in 2010. It's been 15 years, but that's far from ancient history.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 2 points 2 days ago

Just moved abroad for the first time.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In which country is that? I've used my phone for navigation for the last 10 years or so without issues.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yup. I'm on my second now because of an international relocation, but the first one is still going strong at my dad's. Bought that thing 14 years ago, was the first series that came with network enabled printing instead of USB (though it has a port).

[–] viking@infosec.pub 1 points 2 days ago

The Orange Overlord himself, most likely.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 6 points 2 days ago

No. If I lose focus or get distracted, it means whatever I'm watching isn't worth it, and I'll switch to something else.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

They were both good, but not really long. I got portal one and two as a bundle and completed them in a single Saturday.

[–] viking@infosec.pub -3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What land? The booby trapped gravel pit that used to be Gaza? Nobody wants that.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

What? As long as I program the route before starting and don't touch my phone until I arrive, nothing happens.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 3 points 2 days ago (6 children)

I'm using organic maps, and a simple phone holder does the trick in the car. No need for the on-screen navigation.

 

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/14206569

Hi all,

First off: Can't switch to Linux, Windows is a work requirement. Please spare me.

With that out of the way, here's my problem:

Since 2-3 days I've been seeing ads disguised as a minimized video player popup on my Windows 10 Login Screen image.

Initially I thought I might have been watching something on youtube and forgot to close the tab and it autoplayed in the background until reaching this stuff by chance; but that turned out not to be the case (I'm also using Firefox exclusively, which I thought wouldn't integrate with Windows, but I wasn't 100% sure on that end).

I tried to research this a bit, but the only similar case I found was in an old reddit thread saying that some Windows update installed the LinkedIn App for them, which is not the case here.

Antivirus (Bit Defender) and Malwarebytes both give me a clean report.

So I did some more digging and right click that thing with my firewall set to deny all to figure out where this is taking me, and surprise...

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There's a total of 100 connection attempts from Windows Search to around 10 different IP addresses, all of which belong to Microsoft.

I have not installed any updates in the last 14 days, no new software, and have not changed any system settings.

What did change is that I am currently not in China, where I normally live, but am on a business trip to Malaysia, where a bunch of services that are blocked in China might be accessible, and are now splicing in those (somewhat disguised) ads.

Does this happen to anyone else, and if so, do you have an idea how to get rid of it?

Thanks a lot in advance!

 

Hi all,

First off: Can't switch to Linux, Windows is a work requirement. Please spare me.

With that out of the way, here's my problem:

Since 2-3 days I've been seeing ads disguised as a minimized video player popup on my Windows 10 Login Screen image.

Initially I thought I might have been watching something on youtube and forgot to close the tab and it autoplayed in the background until reaching this stuff by chance; but that turned out not to be the case (I'm also using Firefox exclusively, which I thought wouldn't integrate with Windows, but I wasn't 100% sure on that end).

I tried to research this a bit, but the only similar case I found was in an old reddit thread saying that some Windows update installed the LinkedIn App for them, which is not the case here.

Antivirus (Bit Defender) and Malwarebytes both give me a clean report.

So I did some more digging and right click that thing with my firewall set to deny all to figure out where this is taking me, and surprise...

Image

There's a total of 100 connection attempts from Windows Search to around 10 different IP addresses, all of which belong to Microsoft.

I have not installed any updates in the last 14 days, no new software, and have not changed any system settings.

What did change is that I am currently not in China, where I normally live, but am on a business trip to Malaysia, where a bunch of services that are blocked in China might be accessible, and are now splicing in those (somewhat disguised) ads.

Does this happen to anyone else, and if so, do you have an idea how to get rid of it?

Thanks a lot in advance!

 

I don't really use facebook anymore so couldn't care less; but so happened to log in today to change my password and saw this on my front page.

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