TotallyNotAVirus.exe

articles for windows problems: here's a virus, it'll fix everything. enjoy!
articles for mac problems: this software fixes your exact issue in 2 clicks but it costs $50 and will never be integrated into MacOS officially
articles for linux issues: you have to sift through forums still styled like it's 2005 but someone will post 3 lines of terminal commands that will either fix your issue or brick your system
- nothing beats linux roulette
  
  I remember once finding a blog post that solved my problem perfectly, then ran a fork bomb right when the problem was solved and crashed my system.
- 2005 was the peak of web design.
  
  Oh man that version of last.fm, absolutely glorious
  Also 2007 Facebook you could customize your profile however, move shit around, add 3rd party widgets even
  Good times
- Don't forget that at the end of the linux process you physically feel your brain growing new synapses, and from that moment on you want to cry when people struggle with the same issue because it's so obvious
  
  nothing gives me a feeling of power like fixing a problem on linux without having to immediately trawl through the arch wiki
  
  I usually feel my brain loosing cells after a 6hr session of debugging a typo I made in a UUID.
- The reason for this is because it pushes them higher on Google search.
  Now the same page gets visited by people with that problem, people who want to know what a graphics driver is, people who are looking at the definition of computer, ...
  It is literally a job to find ways to get higher in search by writing those types of unnecessary long posts.
- I had the best experience with Linux out of the three. Although it is technically heavy

Me: Googling solutions as to why I can't get RDR2 to start or GTA IV to not run like shit.
100 AI-written clickbait shit articles: lol have you tried SFC /scannow and fixing your clock.
- I was under the impression that getting GTA IV to not run like shit is impossible
  
  In case it's helpful to someone, RDR2 wanted to access the save files in My Documents that OneDrive needed to be running to sync properly.
  Got no idea on GTA IV though, dxvk and FusionFix have failed to help me so far.
- How did that become such a popular recommendation?
  
  Windows reps on the main support site replied with SFC /scannow to basically any topic they didn't know how to fix.
  
  Well wrong clock causes all kinds of problems. As a system administrator it is one of the first things to check. Computers love to be in sync
  
  LLMs probably amalgamating and spewing common elements of real articles for multiple titles.
- a little while ago i got rid of a recurring unexpectedstoreexception bsod by repairing system files, but i had to use Repair-WindowsImage -Online -RestoreHealth in powershell because sfc /scannow wasnt able to repair the corrupted files by itself
  
  Pretty sure rebooting is more likely to help

Only authentic with a [Solved] and the year in the title, super dumb description and always the same solving-suggestions:
Bluescreen DRIVERIRQLNOTLESSOREQUAL -2023[Solved]
Why do I get this?
This bluescreen does appear to be either caused by software (Drivers, installed apps, Windows) or Hardware, like your RAM or your CPU.
How do I solve it?
Quick and easy solution:
Try this tool:
spam.shady.domain/infiltrator.exe?downloadyoufuckingidiot
Other solutions
You might want to:
reboot
"Check if your drivers are up to date by running Windows update" (yeah... right... Windows Update and Drivers, shitheads...)
sfc /scannow
DISM
Try the tool above
About this tool we gave you... tried it yet?
- Windows Update has been able to download drivers for several years now.
  
  "able to", eh? More like "failing at"

Search engines really need to step up their anti-spam game. These malware-pushing criminals do not belong in any reputable search index.

The amount of times I have seen these sites is crazy. Some of them link to CNET downloads or some other shady software site that's been online for years.

https://trustmethisisnotascam.com
- Very helpful resource, thanks for sharing!
  
  One of the most insightful things I've seen today.

Download this totally free tool
Free tool literally after you boot it:
- You mean you actually downloaded it? Insanity
  
  Desperate times man
  
  I do wonder what I've downloaded in the past that I blindly followed instructions from out of frustration

No i wont download driver manager driver easy

AMA request: Someone who's actually downloaded the helpful tool.
- Who you calling a helpful tool?!
- Trouble is what happens if everyone who goes there never comes back?

Data recovery is particularly rife with this trope.
- Especially egregious since the answer is always just testdisk or photorec if it's REALLY fucked, if that can't do it then you pay someone with a god damn cleanroom.

One of my biggest pet peeves

Bluescreen DRIVERIRQLNOTLESSOREQUAL -2023[Solved]