He posted it on Reddit. Within an hour, someone commented: “But my friend sent me a link. It says ‘osppsvc.exe download 64 bit – fast and safe.’”
A shadowy “driver archive” site, one of those that looks like it was coded in 1998 and never updated. Bright green download button: “osppsvc.exe (64-bit) – genuine Microsoft signature.” File size: 312 KB. Legitimate osppsvc.exe from a real Office install is around 80 KB. osppsvc.exe download 64 bit
GitHub. A repository called “OfficeActivationFix” had a release labeled osppsvc_x64_fixed.dll . No EXE. The README said: “Rename to .exe, place in System32, run as trusted installer.” Leo’s neck prickled. Renaming a DLL to an EXE was like putting a saddle on a cat—technically possible, but nothing good would follow. He posted it on Reddit
Leo hovered. Then, curiosity won.
That’s where things twisted.