misk@sopuli.xyz to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org · 7 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-square13fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down121
arrow-up162arrow-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.commisk@sopuli.xyz to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org · 7 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squarebrianlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·7 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-squarePeffse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·7 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