oleorun@real.lemmy.fanM to Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 6 months agoA Windows XP machine's life expectancy in 2024 seems to be about 10 minutes before even just an idle net connection renders it a trojan-riddled zombie PCwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1371arrow-down128file-text
arrow-up1343arrow-down1external-linkA Windows XP machine's life expectancy in 2024 seems to be about 10 minutes before even just an idle net connection renders it a trojan-riddled zombie PCwww.pcgamer.comoleorun@real.lemmy.fanM to Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square56fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretrafficnablinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65arrow-down2·6 months agoI would expect there to be problems with most machines if they were to be fully exposed to the internet, nobody actually uses a computer like this
minus-squareconfusedbytheBasics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down33·6 months agoMy router is a computer connected to the Internet. Yours probably is too.
minus-squareDaPorkchop_@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46arrow-down3·6 months agoyour router is not running windows XP with the firewall turned off
minus-squaretrafficnablinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-26 months agoIn fact, it is the firewall that separates your network from the internet, it’s the first line of defense that would normally provide some protection for an exploitable machine
minus-squareconfusedbytheBasics@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI know that. Re-read the post I replied to.
I would expect there to be problems with most machines if they were to be fully exposed to the internet, nobody actually uses a computer like this
My router is a computer connected to the Internet. Yours probably is too.
your router is not running windows XP with the firewall turned off
In fact, it is the firewall that separates your network from the internet, it’s the first line of defense that would normally provide some protection for an exploitable machine
I know that. Re-read the post I replied to.