Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish • 6 months ago

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

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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

Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish • 6 months ago

That's all without clicking a single hot link.

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I know that. Re-read the post I replied to.

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