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Originally Posted by ownedbycats
Being able to see the file extension doesn't matter in this case - people don't see kamasutra.epub.exe (it's hidden), they're seeing 'this opens the ebook.lnk.'
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That ought to make people suspicious, but of course it probably doesn't.
Reminds me of the very obvious scam emails. Apparently some security researchers think they are meant to look obviously dodgy to most people. The scammers only want the naive and gullible to respond because the next stage takes up human time.
Long ago malware was simply about messing up your computer, but now it's either criminals making money or "state actors" attacking infrastructure. So maybe this isn't meant to be clever or subtle. What is the purpose of this alleged malware (which it does sound like it's a less likely route)? I mean it's hardly likely to be Revenge of the House of Random Penguins against copyright violation.