ASUS Christmas Campaign Sparks Malware Panic Among Windows Users
ASUS computer owners have been reporting widespread alarm after a Christmas-themed banner suddenly appeared on their Windows 11 screens, accompanied by a suspicious “Christmas.exe” process in Task Manager.

The promotional campaign, first reported by WindowsLatest, was delivered through ASUS’ pre-installed Armoury Crate software. It displays a la … ⌘ Read more

@slashdot@feeds.twtxt.net This is some real old-school malware. Maybe it’s not such a good idea to let motherboard vendors run whatever code they want inside your operating system. Pro tip: This only happens in legacy operating systems.