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Unthemed Windows & Mac OS will be convincing to a lot, Linux will be pretty hard. Then again those who tinker with their computers are unlikely to fall into this trap.



This specific phishing website mimics an ingame website for Counter-Strike Global Offensive, a shooter game with the vast majority of players using Windows. Linux isn't supported at all and while the game technically runs on a Mac most people don't (or play it with Bootcamp).

I would not be surprised if 99% of the audience for this website is using Windows, the vast majority with default themes (and the ones without either won't notice this or think Windows is buggy when a popup shows the default theme).


>Linux isn't supported at all

What? Valve games tend to have pretty good Linux support.


CS:GO runs natively on Linux, most Valve games do actually




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