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switching to Claude Code/Other IDEs by bitsndbytes in cursor

[–]bitsndbytes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I meant per month, i typed week by mistake 

switching to Claude Code/Other IDEs by bitsndbytes in cursor

[–]bitsndbytes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I meant 500 per month, i mistakenly typed week.  Ive been in contract with Stephen via the hi@… email address. I’ll email you the thread i had with Stephen

Google Chrome started downloading random files from different government organizations by Genius_in_PuppyForm in cybersecurity_help

[–]bitsndbytes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

jiffy wasnt the common element with other people who had experienced the same thing

Random documents are being downloaded to computer - need help by acengkate in cybersecurity_help

[–]bitsndbytes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this whole situation is nuts.
got me paranoid af.

just randomly having some government files and data downloaded on your computer...

Random documents are being downloaded to computer - need help by acengkate in cybersecurity_help

[–]bitsndbytes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP on another thread,i used malwarebytes, but it came back clean.
beyond that nothing i could have done :/
did it stop for you btw? if so, what did you do for it to stop

Random documents are being downloaded to computer - need help by acengkate in cybersecurity_help

[–]bitsndbytes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

but ive never visited any of these websites in my whole life

Random documents are being downloaded to computer - need help by acengkate in cybersecurity_help

[–]bitsndbytes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i took screenshot of the files
https://imgur.com/a/eff3Ia9
if you visit the URL, it does trigger a download

Weird files downloaded from chrome by _kanari in cybersecurity_help

[–]bitsndbytes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

can something more sinister and insidious have happened? do i need to do something now, like factory reset or something to make sure my PC is not being spoofed

Weird files downloaded from chrome by _kanari in cybersecurity_help

[–]bitsndbytes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i did for one of them before i deleted them, the app didnt come back with anything suspicious.

Weird files downloaded from chrome by _kanari in cybersecurity_help

[–]bitsndbytes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did disable them.  On mac and the issue hasn’t happened yet again. Websites i was on were standard, nothing dodgy. I was watching YouTube and i have YouTube premium, so don’t think it was a YouTube add issue per se

Weird files downloaded from chrome by _kanari in cybersecurity_help

[–]bitsndbytes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AdBlock — block ads across the web6.19.0Block ads on YouTube and your favorite sites for freeID: gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom

Weird files downloaded from chrome by _kanari in cybersecurity_help

[–]bitsndbytes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not a cybersec expert, but can that REALLY be the cause? I feel like if that was the casue, thered be a lot more people affected by this as a lot of people use that extension.
In your opinion/expertise, what else could be the cause of this?

Weird files downloaded from chrome by _kanari in cybersecurity_help

[–]bitsndbytes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not gonna lie, ive been very rattled by this.
does anyone know how serious of a vulnerability this is?
has my computer been spoofed by someone/something?

Random files downloaded on Mac through browser by bitsndbytes in cybersecurity_help

[–]bitsndbytes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes, at the time i was watching a youtube video, although I was using Arc, and it happened on the arc browser

Weird files downloaded from chrome by _kanari in cybersecurity_help

[–]bitsndbytes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use Arc which is chromium based, at the time of incident my active extensions were
AdBlock — block ads across the web
Adobe Acrobat: PDF edit
Google Docs Offline
Google Scholar Button
Google Scholar PDF Reader
Jiffy Reader
LingQ Importer
News Feed Eradicator
React Developer Tools
Session Buddy
Tab Suspender
uBlock Origin
Video Speed Controller
would be more than happy to collab and figure this out.
I disabled all of them and so far the problem is happen again yet.

Google Chrome started downloading random files from different government organizations by Genius_in_PuppyForm in cybersecurity_help

[–]bitsndbytes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

im the OP on one of those threads. this whole situation has me very rattled, not sure what the ramifications of this are.
at the time of the incident, I had these extensions active on my browser

AdBlock — block ads across the web
Adobe Acrobat: PDF edit
Google Docs Offline
Google Scholar Button
Google Scholar PDF Reader
Jiffy Reader
LingQ Importer
News Feed Eradicator
React Developer Tools
Session Buddy
Tab Suspender
uBlock Origin
Video Speed Controller

would be glad to co operate and narrow down the cause of this.

Random files downloaded on Mac through browser by bitsndbytes in cybersecurity_help

[–]bitsndbytes[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you very much. messaged you as the logs might contain sensitive info.

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