I don’t know how common it is anymore, but it definitely was a few years back. You knew a computer was infected with everything when you saw a stupid cartoon dinosaur or something as the mouse cursor as soon as the pc booted to windows… I think it was more about what was bundled in the download from scummy websites doing the damage though, not the actual cursor files. I still cringe though if I see a non-standard cursor in windows, like PTSD-esque flashbacks…
I’d always heard it was one of those common ways that people get malware on their PCs. That and toolbars.
I don’t know how common it is anymore, but it definitely was a few years back. You knew a computer was infected with everything when you saw a stupid cartoon dinosaur or something as the mouse cursor as soon as the pc booted to windows… I think it was more about what was bundled in the download from scummy websites doing the damage though, not the actual cursor files. I still cringe though if I see a non-standard cursor in windows, like PTSD-esque flashbacks…
Yeah especially when cursors come as a .cur file but the download is an EXE that ‘installs the cursor’ for you
This is what’s kept me away for so long. But I think I’m ready to glam up my PC again.
Listen is I want Banzai Buddy to mess with nuclear launch codes on my government laptop then that’s his right.