IShowSpeed is one of the most popular content creators of 2022. The American Youtuber, with more than 11 million followershas grown like foam in recent months thanks to its football-focused content and their exaggerated reactions to situations of all kinds. However, what he did not expect is that, by showing his bravery, he would fall for one of the most basic hoaxes on the internet: open a malicious virus.
During a recent stream, IShowSpeed was displaying a folder on your desktop containing a hypothetical dangerous file. Thus, while interacting with him, the Youtuber commented that fear no one and that, for the same reason, he was going to open the potential virus regardless of the consequences that this would have. Fortunately for his followers, the result was recorded for posterity since it was live:
IShowSpeed’s PC got hacked live on stream pic.twitter.com/FM9reXk4yC
— Dexerto (@Dexerto) October 6, 2022
Victim of an attack or protagonist of a montage?
Right now, IShowSpeed’s overreaction accumulates over 3 million views On twitter. In addition, almost 60,000 people were able to witness the Youtuber’s crazy reaction live, reaching well over 65,000 viewers following suffering the hack that has made this content creator viral once more. However, some users doubt the veracity of the attack suffered IShowSpeed
One of the reasons why they believe that this attack is faked is because of the appearance of the Youtuber’s desktop, as a general rule, it is somewhat more populated and not so lacking in icons. Therefore, they suggest that you would be using a virtual machine or even playing a video.
In relation to this accusation, Genbeta’s colleagues investigate the matter and give their reasons why it might be a montage. Thus, they explain that the known malware ‘Monoxide.exe’, the one that would have affected IShowSpeed, is a Trojan written in C that delete all system files, it overwrites the main boot record and ultimately causes absolute chaos. Therefore, it is possible that the Youtuber has dramatized the situation.
Regardless of whether the event is real or not, the truth is that has achieved its mission by going viral and reaching its crazy reaction to millions of users. And his followers, accustomed to the crazy things of the creator, do not seem to care that they have been deceived. In fact, he already became popular on another occasion for almost burning down his house by lighting inside pikachu fireworks. Without a doubt, the world of streaming, full of crazy eventswill never cease to amaze us.
