Fake Win 11 upgrades circulating

Scammers are distributing malware and adware made to look like Windows 11.

One example involves an executable file called 86307_windows 11 build 21996.1 x64 + activator.exe. With a file size as large as 1.75GB, it certainly looks plausible. In fact, the bulk of that space consists of one DLL file that contains a lot of useless information.

Kaspersky products have already defeated several hundred infection attempts that used similar Windows 11–related schemes. A large portion of these threats consists of downloaders whose task is to download and run other programs.

Read more at Kaspersky Daily.

If you want to try out Win 11, join the Microsoft Insider Program and download Win 11 directly from them. Just keep in mind this is a beta version and not the final release, so it may (will) be buggy...