Also, are malware-free cursor applications still a thing? Or does it make me an old man to want to do it in 2023?

  • The Picard ManeuverOP
    link
    fedilink
    31 year ago

    I’d always heard it was one of those common ways that people get malware on their PCs. That and toolbars.

    • Crozekiel
      link
      fedilink
      71 year ago

      I don’t know how common it is anymore, but it definitely was a few years back. You knew a computer was infected with everything when you saw a stupid cartoon dinosaur or something as the mouse cursor as soon as the pc booted to windows… I think it was more about what was bundled in the download from scummy websites doing the damage though, not the actual cursor files. I still cringe though if I see a non-standard cursor in windows, like PTSD-esque flashbacks…

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        31 year ago

        Yeah especially when cursors come as a .cur file but the download is an EXE that ‘installs the cursor’ for you

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      41 year ago

      Listen is I want Banzai Buddy to mess with nuclear launch codes on my government laptop then that’s his right.