@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
arrow-up163arrow-down1external-linkIdle 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.com@misk@sopuli.xyz to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org • 2 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-square@floofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoIt’s nothing new. I remember doing this for fun about 16 years ago, putting a WinXP machine on the internet with no firewall and waiting. Even back then, it was immediately hammered by traffic and quickly started doing dubious things.
It’s nothing new. I remember doing this for fun about 16 years ago, putting a WinXP machine on the internet with no firewall and waiting. Even back then, it was immediately hammered by traffic and quickly started doing dubious things.