@misk@sopuli.xyz to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org • 2 months 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-square12fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down120
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minus-square@brian@lemmy.calinkfedilink11•2 months 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-square@Peffse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink11•2 months 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