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This Windows 10 bug can corrupt your hard drive just by opening a folder

January 15, 2021

Via: TechSpot

Be careful. A particularly “nasty” Windows 10 bug can potentially corrupt your hard drive just by looking in a folder. An attacker can embed and specially crafted string in a shortcut or folder that instantly corrupts the MFT. It can be avoided by the usual means of not opening email attachments or using any external drives that you do not trust.

Earlier this week, security researchers discovered a bug in Windows 10 that will corrupt the hard drive by merely opening a folder, clicking a shortcut, or by other seemingly innocuous means.

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