Has it ever happened that your computer performs actions “on its own” or doesn’t obey your commands? Now with Artificial Intelligence they seem to have even more autonomy.
Sometimes we jokingly say “I no longer control the computer, it does whatever it wants.” This may become even more real.
Microsoft wants to place autonomous AI agent tools in “Windows 11”, the so-called “Agentic OS”, which may, without you realizing it, install malware.
Besides being able to inadvertently install Malware, AI bots can also change programming on your computer or access confidential files..!
According to Microsoft, the new “AI agents” have direct access to your user folder, including files you store in C:\Users\User. This means that whenever an AI needs to read or write files, the system will allow it. So far, everything seems fine.
The problem is this… A malicious file or even a simple visual element with hidden code can inject false instructions into the AI. The result? The AI can install malware, interfere with your private files or even extract data without you giving any direct order.
All of this happens through attacks called cross-prompt injection, which exploit precisely the fact that the AI trusts the content it is analyzing.
Microsoft also warns that because these AIs have access to the apps installed by default, they can even install or modify software on your computer in the background.
Without caution, an official Windows 11 feature can be exploited to install viruses.
The feature comes disabled by default (luckily).
Microsoft made it clear that these features will arrive disabled. In other words, they are only activated if the user manually decides to enable “experimental features”.
Basically, be cautious if you consider enabling this.
At this moment, the feature is called “Agent Workspace”, it is available to a limited group of developers and, interestingly, there are still no apps that officially use it. But that will change: Microsoft confirmed that “Copilot” will be the first to use these “AI agents”, with more apps on the way.
Source: Pure Info Tech
I leave a small note for reflection: if we decide never to activate (install) this AI agent, will it still work? Will Microsoft not force the installation?
With Windows 11 updates, we can see that “pausing” for a few weeks doesn’t help at all — at a certain point Windows forces updates, and many of them install with bugs or security flaws that in some cases leave the computer inoperable, unable to restart Windows or recover to a restore point, etc.
Let’s wait and see.
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