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Beware: Fake Windows 11 Installer Steals Credit Cards and Crypto Wallet Passwords

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Experts have discovered malware that, when downloaded, pretends to be a Windows 11 installer. Once opened, your computer is infected with malware known as RedLine Stealer, which collects data such as credit card information, passwords, and even data needed for cryptocurrency wallets.

The HP Threat Research Team shared a report detailing the security threat on February 8, 2022. While evaluating the problem, the company’s experts found that the malicious file is being distributed through a website that is very similar to the official Microsoft Windows 11 page. When users clicked the download button on the website, the file hosted on the Discord file sharing system was saved to their PC.

Beware: Fake Windows 11 Installer Steals Credit Cards and Crypto Wallet Passwords

HP explains that its research team first noticed the windows-upgrade.com domain registration just a day after the Windows 11 final upgrade was announced. The registration led experts to a website set up to distribute malware that tricked users into run a fake Windows 11 installer. When clicked, the website downloaded a zip file named Windows11InstallationAssistant.zip to the user’s computer. The compressed file is only 1.5MB, according to HP; it contains six Windows DLL files, a portable executable, and an XML file. Once activated, the executable downloads and installs RedLine Stealer on the user’s PC.

This software is able to collect any information about the software and hardware of the current system. It copies any saved passwords from browsers, as well as autofill data for credit or debit cards. Thus, it is one of the most dangerous types of malware.

Experts recommend making sure you only use official download sources for any new software.

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Is one SSD fan not enough? PNY showed the cooling system Dual Fan SSD Heatsink with two fans

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Is one SSD fan not enough PNY showed the cooling

PNY at Computex 2023 showed not only the thickest video card in the world, but also a cooling system for SSD, which has two fans at once.

Is one SSD fan not enough?  PNY showed the cooling system Dual Fan SSD Heatsink with two fans

Is one SSD fan not enough?  PNY showed the cooling system Dual Fan SSD Heatsink with two fans

The Dual Fan SSD Heatsink model consists of a small heatsink and a pair of tiny 20mm fans. How noisy they are is anyone’s guess. From the rest, you can highlight the presence of illumination.

Is one SSD fan not enough?  PNY showed the cooling system Dual Fan SSD Heatsink with two fans

As tests show, drives with PCIe 5.0 do need additional cooling, but models with active CO are often very noisy.

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The fastest RTX 4090 on the market with a unique design. Asus ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 unveiled

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The fastest RTX 4090 on the market with a unique

Asus has unveiled what it claims is the fastest GeForce RTX 4090. And at the same time, this is probably the most unusual RTX 4090 in appearance.

The ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 features a liquid cooling system with a 360mm external radiator and three ROG MF-12S ARGB fans. Asus says the CO will be able to keep GPU temperatures below 60 degrees under load.

The fastest RTX 4090 on the market with a unique design.  Asus ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 unveiled

Another feature is the use of liquid metal as a thermal interface. This is the first RTX 4090 with this solution. Asus also notes that its adapter will have the highest GPU frequencies of any RTX 4090, but does not name the exact figure.

The fastest RTX 4090 on the market with a unique design.  Asus ROG Matrix GeForce RTX 4090 unveiled

Well, the design is worth noting separately: the video card does not look like any other 3D card on the market, and from some angles it is generally impossible to understand what kind of device it is.

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A “completely silent” 1300W power supply. Cooler Master showed two new products, but only the youngest received a passive CO

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A completely silent 1300W power supply Cooler Master showed two

Cooler Master brought power supplies to Computex that they claim are absolutely silent.

The younger model with a power of 750 W is really silent, because it simply does not have a fan. By the way, this is the company’s most powerful power supply with passive cooling.

There is also a 1300W PSU. It has a fan, but Cooler Master also calls it completely silent.

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The secret to successfully cooling such powerful PSUs without too much noise lies in the use of an evaporation chamber. There are no other details yet, as well as no pricing data.

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