Be careful downloading Windows 11 apps from Google, 70+ fake sites are pushing malware right now
www.windowslatest.com/2026/07/27/be-careful-downloading-windows-11-apps-from-google-70-fake-sites-are-pushing-malware-right-now/
Windows LatestBe careful downloading Windows 11 apps from Google, 70+ fake sites are pushing malware right nowOver 70 Windows apps, including PowerToys and CrystalDiskMark, have fake lookalike sites distributing malware. See the full list to avoid.
Replying to @sanitation@lemmy.today
Windows users get what they deserve here. Windows gave you an app store, and you spat on it. maybe it was a bad implementation, but signed apps exist for a reason.
Replying to @chrash0@lemmy.world
Boy oh boy, was it ever a bad implementation. Whoooo nelly was (is) that.
I use PPAs in Linux and I stay clear of the AUR. Entire open source projects have added such things to Windows but Microslop still rejects doing it properly themselves. Torches and pitchforks for Redmond one day!
Replying to @Reygle@lemmy.world
why work on a feature that your users categorically reject? this isn’t me projecting, i literally have this conversation with a buddy all the time. he’s a programmer and talks about all the problems with Windows like there aren’t options. use the OS the way the devs designed it, pick a different one, or stfu
Replying to @chrash0@lemmy.world
Kind of a bad take. “Windows fits my use case best. But it would be even better if the package management was improved.” “Stfu, pick a different OS”