Asus bombards Windows 11 with christmas.exe malware-like Christmas wreath banner
Asus bombards Windows 11 with christmas.exe malware-like Christmas wreath banner
The Christmas.exe in Task Manager and the Christmas theme wreath banner that covers half of your screen on Windows 11 are not malware.
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Sure, ASUS is real bad for doing this, but Windows 11 users kind of have it coming to them.
This might be an unpopular take here on Lemmy but macOS, Linux or Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC IoT 2021 aren't for everyone.. Hell, I wouldn't expect typical users to even know how to reinstall their operating system at all.
I just can't bring myself to believe that Windows 11 is or ever will be right for somebody. It's going to cause more frustration to use it than to figure out an alternative.
fortunately you don't get decide what's best for everyone. you do you, not everyone else. don't be a dick here.
What are you even saying, you want me to preface comments with "Opinion Article" ?
I'm saying you don't get to dictate what people use. you can share your opinion, but you don't have to be an ass.
Womp womp, I guess, you just have to live with the fact that my comments exist.
That's kinda on the list of things that aren't my problem.
I hate to be that blunt, but seriously. It's 2024. If you want fairness, you're making it yourself. We're in the cyberpunk dystopia. Learn Linux or, send Microsoft a few disapproving letters and hope.
If Windows is a part of your job, at least write off any expense on your taxes so you don't pay for the pain.
Is it right? No. Everyone should have fair and equal software that is as useful as my tinkering makes mine, but life ain't fair.
don't blame the victim for owning a computer.
We blame dog owners when their dog mauls them.
But yes, I meant it when I said ASUS was bad for doing this.
The feature that allows manufacturers to push software onto clean installs has existed since Windows 8. If you're advertising for Windows 10, you might want to try again.
According to the article, this particular issue is only on Windows 11. Sure, they COULD push to other OS, but they're currently pushing it only on Windows 11. One temporary workaround for this particular problem is to not use Windows 11.
As of last year, they were doing it with Windows 10. Either they stopped pushing it for Windows 10, or the article just doesn't bother listing the older Windows version. If you're willing to believe a fellow Lemmy user who said it hit them on Windows 10 this year, it's probably the latter.
If you are a new user of a ROG, ROG Strix, TUF Gaming or Prime motherboard and using Windows 10 (Creators Update/ 1903 or later) or Windows 11, you will see a pop-up dialog that invites you to install Armoury Crate during the initial boot of your PC. To install, simply click ‘OK’ and the software will be automatically downloaded and installed.
There's plenty of reasons to hate Windows 11, but this Christmas banner debacle isn't one of them unless you're also willing to concede that Windows 8, 8.1, and 10 are also all garbage for including the same mechanism which allows vendors to provide run-on-boot executables that bypass clean reinstalls.
For what it's worth mentioning, I'm in the camp where any operating system that allows system integrators to automatically inject their own shitty software into a fresh install of the operating system without my consent is bad.