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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

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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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Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 2 months ago

That's all without clicking a single hot link.

Just a fun, somewhat terrifying read

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Embedded systems may technically run an OS or on and OS, but they’re really their own thing.

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