The latest articles on DEV Community by Kho oly (@kho_oly_731c7e114b9cdae95). https://dev.to/kho_oly_731c7e114b9cdae95 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3297316%2F29c5f8c7-b9fd-4a9a-8af4-54f1839c6c1b.png https://dev.to/kho_oly_731c7e114b9cdae95 en Kho oly Fri, 27 Jun 2025 17:37:16 +0000 https://dev.to/kho_oly_731c7e114b9cdae95/when-cracked-software-causes-problems-the-story-of-my-laptop-and-a-virus-19c7 https://dev.to/kho_oly_731c7e114b9cdae95/when-cracked-software-causes-problems-the-story-of-my-laptop-and-a-virus-19c7 <p>A month ago, I had just finished my third year. I was so excited to have free time to focus on studying what I thought was going to be my major. However, my laptop was affected by a virus — a very stubborn one. Literally, my laptop was checked by four engineers, and the last one was my final hope.<br> Once I got my laptop back and turned on the internet, the virus came back. I was feeling really down for two days. Then, I read about the virus in some documentation. While following the instructions, I found the option to format the system. I thought it was a hopeless step since my PC had already been formatted by the last engineer. However, I tried it, and it worked! Wow, I had been waiting for a month to get it fixed, and formatting solved it!!!<br> The problem was the Adobe packages — all four engineers kept installing cracked Adobe packages that caused the virus, and they would reinstall them again after each formatting.</p> beginners programming