A sketchy forum required me to disable my antivirus. The file was Akruti_6.0_Setup.exe – 2.1MB. Red flag. The actual software was nearly 200MB. It was a downloader for a Trojan disguised as a font installer.
Have you ever caught a virus looking for legacy software? Tell us your horror story in the comments below.
I decided to hunt for the "Akruti 6.0 Download" to see what happens. I went to the top three results on Google (skipping the first two sponsored ads for "Driver Updaters").
The world has moved to . While Akruti used a proprietary encoding system (which is why your text turns to garbage when opened in Notepad), modern software like LibreOffice, MS Word 2019+, and Google Docs handle Devanagari flawlessly.
A sketchy forum required me to disable my antivirus. The file was Akruti_6.0_Setup.exe – 2.1MB. Red flag. The actual software was nearly 200MB. It was a downloader for a Trojan disguised as a font installer.
Have you ever caught a virus looking for legacy software? Tell us your horror story in the comments below.
I decided to hunt for the "Akruti 6.0 Download" to see what happens. I went to the top three results on Google (skipping the first two sponsored ads for "Driver Updaters").
The world has moved to . While Akruti used a proprietary encoding system (which is why your text turns to garbage when opened in Notepad), modern software like LibreOffice, MS Word 2019+, and Google Docs handle Devanagari flawlessly.
