Neowin published a story that fake Windows 11 installers making the rounds on the internet.

Fake Windows 11 installers are being used to distribute malware

This distribution of Windows 11 via fake installers isn't sophisticated by any means. It relies on people downloading a shady installer and then clicking through the terms and conditions without reading them to initiate the installation.

A report from Kaspersky states that a file called "86307_windows 11 build 21996.1 x64 + activator.exe" is making the rounds on the internet. While the file size is 1.75GB and the name indicates that it contains Windows 11 build 21996.1 - which is actually an outdated build that leaked ahead of Microsoft's official unveiling of the OS - and a key activator on top, it is actually a single and "useless" DLL file.

Fake Windows 11 installers are being used to distribute malware