This was good advice. I did that with another pdf and it does look similar.

thank you, that puts my mind at ease somewhat

I’m not sure what to look for if there is something hidden. I cant tell if there are any odd processes but everything seems to be signed correctly. There is nothing odd in C root either and i wouldnt know what to look for from the folders. There are no odd installed applications either.

I have had similar scare before when I installed a game I downloaded from skidrow reloaded website.(over year ago) The installer did something with cmd window, something about system image, i dont remember anymore. The file was also too big for scanner to scan and I dont think virustotal accepted it either due to size. However, I did system restore after that.

I also asked an acquittance who works in some tech company to help, even showed the install process to him, but he said it didnt seem dangerous. I have also been running r-kill occasionally and doing scans with hitmanpro’s early detection but they havent found anything either. I have also been occasionally monitoring things with tools from sysinternals but I’m not sure if i would even notice if anything was odd.

Check the behavior tab

If it is new malware, scanners wouldnt pick up on it.
On behavior tab there is tons of stuff. Shouldnt there be none? I dont know too much about virustotals results mean, but doesnt the mitre thing mean it could potentially do something like that?

the behaviour tab, also based on this https://scan.tylabs.com/ website.

if everything else fails, you could try making virtual machine running with windows

That is kind of sad. Almost like having someone fall in love with tv because they think people on it are talking to them.

maybe he just feels comfortable letting the facade drop

I was planning on getting some amd gpu. Are there any other components that might have similar issues? I want to build this pc specificially for linux

At least this provides more time for mastodon to become better for even wider use. Hopefully bluesky wont go to shit too soon.

I’m planning on getting new pc soon. I was planning on avoiding nvidia because i had read it might be more difficult to get drivers. Does this mean they are going to improve things in general or just for the newest and likely most expensive stuff? I dont want to buy the newest possible gpu since they always have bloated price for being new and a bit older ones are likely decent enough too.

i tried talking with it for some time. I think its trying to fish information

fairphones have replaceable batteries and other parts

that is its own topic, bringing it up here is trying to shift attention away from the topic at hand. Its also topic that should be talked about more, but in its own context.

zero-k is also like that, less emphasis on the graphics though but more on the gameplay

you can make the most beautiful cake and its worth nothing if there is just sawdust inside

it would be quite trope inversion if people sided with the ai overlord

planet is just some rock, the life that is on it is the important thing.

if someone not you installing crap you dont want isn’t compromised then i dont what is