Employee Installs Pirated Software on Work PC, Raising Security Concerns
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An employee with admin rights installed pirated software on a work PC using a keygen tool, which Windows Defender flagged as HackTool:Win32/Keygen. The business uses Windows 10 Pro computers in a workgroup with SMB file sharing enabled, without a domain. The employee downloaded the software from getintopc.com, and the incident occurred weeks before detection. The poster is concerned about potential malware spread to other networked devices and password compromise.