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> If you make your machine look like a malware execution sandbox, a lot of malware will terminate to avoid being analyzed. This is just part of the cat and mouse game.

What? This is an entirely separate concern. If you have a Russian input method installed, malware will terminate to avoid legal repercussions.



They seem to be offering this as another means of getting the malware not to run. I don't read it strictly as an explanation of the Russian keyboard thing.




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