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A 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 PC (www.pcgamer.com)
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Just a fun, somewhat terrifying read

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[–] subtext@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And yet XP is still running god knows how many major company systems (air gapped of course, but still).

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Didn't someone implement a virus at some point that propagated through sound from speakers to microphones?

[–] trafficnab@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] confusedbytheBasics@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My router is a computer connected to the Internet. Yours probably is too.

[–] DaPorkchop_@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

your router is not running windows XP with the firewall turned off