(June 1, 2015 at 6:57 am)Alex K Wrote:(February 6, 2015 at 7:57 am)Aractus Wrote: A few years ago it was Norton (I think) antivirus that attacked a core Windows file on normal regular XP machines that had just had a Microsoft security update, and crippled millions of systems so they couldn't run. AVAST! modifies the bootscreen (unless you tell it not to), which is far more dangerous than modifying icons in a .dll file.
In computer science class, I wrote a program that replaced the windows 3.1 boot screen on the school computer with a funny meme of the vice principal, with two days delay, by patching the win.com. True story.
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