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by HeavyFeather 1172 days ago
VirtuaGirl wasn’t nearly as bad as that quiet extension mining bitcoins and syphoning your dad’s passwords in the background.

Flashy != dangerous.

Heck today viruses don’t even limit themselves to restarting your computer, they encrypt your files and blackmail entire hospitals.

So yeah no, things did not get better at all.