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Re:The Case of the Extra 40ms by eertami on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @06:54AM (#25429427)
Sounds like the problem exists between keyboard and chair.

Executing strange binary files from untrusted sources could ruin your day on Mac and Linux as well. It is only less common because market share is so small compared to Windows, and as such these systems are less of a target.

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Re:The Case of the Extra 40ms by spacekitcat on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @08:01AM (#25429858)
How do you establish that a binary is trustworthy?

I know what I do, I generally try to find user reviews, but someone had to install it first.

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Re:The Case of the Extra 40ms by neurostimulant on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @09:29AM (#25430596)
You can upload the binary to virustotal and see if it got flagged.
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Re:The Case of the Extra 40ms by spacekitcat on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @10:17AM (#25431038)
Oh, that’s an interesting tool. Thanks.
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