oleorunM to Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish • 7 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-up1364arrow-down128file-text
arrow-up1336arrow-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.comoleorunM to Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square56fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•7 months agoAnd the keys in it, with a light on top flashing “look at me!”
minus-squareTransporter Room 3linkfedilinkEnglish12•7 months agoHonestly, I’d be a little surprised if anyone actually did anything to it. Not for lack of wanting to, but because they, like me, would probably just assume it’s a bait car and cops are 5 seconds away with a kill switch.
minus-square@HobolinkEnglish2•7 months agoThere’s tons of botnets in countries that don’t care about cyber crime just waiting for this sort of thing to be put on the internet. They’d just autopwn as soon as it was discovered and don’t really give a shit since the cops can’t even touch them.
And the keys in it, with a light on top flashing “look at me!”
Honestly, I’d be a little surprised if anyone actually did anything to it.
Not for lack of wanting to, but because they, like me, would probably just assume it’s a bait car and cops are 5 seconds away with a kill switch.
There’s tons of botnets in countries that don’t care about cyber crime just waiting for this sort of thing to be put on the internet. They’d just autopwn as soon as it was discovered and don’t really give a shit since the cops can’t even touch them.