Post #1032645
2026-04-08 18:51 UTC
Replies (8)
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@packetcat@tenforward.social 2026-04-08 18:58
This is malware behaviour and I don't think calling it that is an exaggeration.
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@fraca7@social.linux.pizza 2026-04-08 19:54
@packetcat@tenforward.social That’s… Creative Sorry, couldn’t resist
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@greyduck@wellduck.me 2026-04-08 20:05
@packetcat@tenforward.social I wish I could say I was surprised. Deep sigh.
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@tully@cathode.church 2026-04-08 20:13
@packetcat@tenforward.social if they're just going to hardcode an IP address then why the fuck are they even resolving a domain name in the first place?
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@kasperd@westergaard.social 2026-04-08 20:25
That wouldn’t work on my LAN.
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@kyle@mastodon.kylemacquarrie.co.uk 2026-04-08 21:05
@packetcat@tenforward.social sorry, it's probably karma for all the years I spent modifying my hosts file to stop my cracked CS4 phoning home
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@dave@rascalking.com 2026-04-08 21:31
@packetcat@tenforward.social fwiw, i've got it installed on a macbook, and there's no changes to my hosts file.
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@forestjohnson@social.pixie.town 2026-04-10 16:53
@packetcat@tenforward.social they must still be sour about me modifying host file on Photoshop CS5 in order to null route their license validation servers.