Clicking an unknown link shouldn't result in compromise. Fortunately, MS-Windows disallows running anything not vetted by MS unless you figure out how to bypass the "SmartScreen" filter. This filter is super annoying to many a techie or gamer, but for MS-Windows refusing to run "unknown" programs is a feature, not a bug.

So yes, MS will likely denounce this as not their problem and move on.

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yrro 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This is the same company that, back in the day, warned users to not click links in Internet Explorer. A web browser.

	▲	tosti 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Funny that since the IE engine was plastered all over the place. Only 98lite could avoid it.

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dark-star an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

so if you download a random EXE in your browser and run that, it can not result in compromise?