2.5 Admins is a podcast featuring two sysadmins called Allan Jude and Jim Salter, and a producer/editor who can just about configure a Samba share called Joe Ressington. Every two weeks we get together, talk about recent tech news, and answer some of your admin-related questions.

2.5 Admins 283: FSOD

January 22, 2026 25:10 4.28 MB ( 17.2 MB less) Downloads: 0

The last method to activate Windows without the Internet has gone away, malware that tricks users with a fake blue screen of death, and recovering from bad RAM with ZFS.

 

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Understanding ZFS Scrubs and Data Integrity

 

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Windows activation by phone is seemingly dead

How Fake BSODs and Trusted Build Tools Are Used to Construct a Malware Infection

 

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We were asked about recovering from bad RAM with ZFS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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