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minus-squareMeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoI installed all kinds of stuff, but the metric was if it slowed down my PC or especially my games. That’d get me to uninstall, run antivirus and/or anti-malware, or even totally reinstall Windows real quick.
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoExactly! We weren’t yet used to companies spying on us and computers were on the slow side anyhow
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoYeah, I would install anything that just used 0 resources when it’s not running. But that’s not what malware does
I installed all kinds of stuff, but the metric was if it slowed down my PC or especially my games. That’d get me to uninstall, run antivirus and/or anti-malware, or even totally reinstall Windows real quick.
Exactly! We weren’t yet used to companies spying on us and computers were on the slow side anyhow
Yeah, I would install anything that just used 0 resources when it’s not running. But that’s not what malware does