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Comment by geor9e

5 days ago

The dongle enumerates as a USB hub with two USB devices plugged into it. One is an ethernet dongle, which is the sort of hardware that may require a driver. The second device is a USB flash drive containing a .exe, which extracts a file called Setup.exe. It won't execute unless the user manually executes it - it's just a USB drive after all. Maybe the .exe contains malware, maybe it doesn't. Maybe antivirus scans give false positives. Maybe the manufacturer found a clever way to save money by combining the two USB devices they normally shipped together. Maybe this twitter account just made a nice paycheck from clickbait engagement.