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Image description: Two screenshot of Google searches from two different times. At 8:32 PM, the user searches “how to get a dragon scimitar mouse cursor” which shows a normal cursor. 11 minutes later at 8:43 PM, the user searches “how to get rid of a computer virus”, now with a dragon scimitar cursor.

(Originally published earlier today on wetdry.world)

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mvirts@lemmy.world
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Clearly microsoft is to blame 😅

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Albbi@lemmy.ca
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Urge to install dragon scimitar mouse cursor rising…

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TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml
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sudo apt install dragon-scimitar-cursor theme

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TragicNotCute@lemmy.world
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I gotta sudo for a dragon cursor?! Ouch.

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🔍🦘🛎@lemmy.world
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They just sudo recreationally

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ditty@lemm.ee
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Abyssal whip ftw

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AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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Just FYI, it’s trivial to change your cursor in Windows, and there are millions of different icon packs available for free on the internet without viruses. You shouldn’t get an exe to change your cursor, just find an actual icon pack.

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Psythik@lemmy.world
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Yep I’ve been changing the default cursor since the Windows 3.1 days. I even used to make my own in MSPaint. Works when you save it as an .ico file.

These days the default selection is good enough for me. Personally I’m fond of the black cursor.

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GBU_28@lemm.ee
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Holy shit are you that hacker 4chin?

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AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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I am Anonymous.

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GBU_28@lemm.ee
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😱

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BlanketsWithSmallpox@lemmy.world
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… Who are you???

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Johanno@feddit.de
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We are legion

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JaymesRS@literature.cafe
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“Trimming armour for free!”

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MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
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This still happens??? I thought wacky cursors from sketchy websites had gone out of style by like 2003 lol!

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Rose Thorne(She/Her)@lemm.ee
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I’ve seen the cursors and the emoji packs as banner ads in the last 5 years, still looking as obnoxious as they did back then. Hadn’t changed a bit.

Also have randomly been hit by a “CONGRATULATIONS! YOU WON!” a few times. Still the exact same crunchy audio, just offering a newer shiny.

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