misk@sopuli.xyz to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 years agoIdle Windows XP and 2000 machines get infected with viruses within minutes of being exposed online — legacy OSes compromised by just connecting to the Internetwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down11
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minus-squarebrian@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoThe takeaway I think they were trying to give was that the same experiments done on a more modern OS does not have these same “instant” infections (they reference having windows 7 under the same conditions without any issue)
minus-squarePeffse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoWhat are they going to write about next, the dangers of unsigned drivers and how easily they infect Windows 98? lol
The takeaway I think they were trying to give was that the same experiments done on a more modern OS does not have these same “instant” infections (they reference having windows 7 under the same conditions without any issue)
What are they going to write about next, the dangers of unsigned drivers and how easily they infect Windows 98? lol