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[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yeah, turning an exploit into one that survives a fresh install is a big deal.

[–] FierySpectre@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

It's always been a thing that the only way to completely be safe after malware is yeeting the old system and getting a new one...

And even then there have been actively exploited issues where the system gets re-infected when reloading the data from a backup. (My memory is a bit rusty on that one, but it was just data being restored, nothing that should install anything)