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Viss

windows shouldnt be allowed to directly touch the internet

9 comments
legnadibrom

@Viss

circa 2000: `net send` popup dialogs advertising trojaned apps

circa 2003: worms worms worms

... fast forward ...

circa 2024: instant shells

h2onolan

@Viss the lesson of connecting an unpatched WinXP to the internet an immediately getting hosed with malware are lost to entire generations of computer users

pL

@Viss Anyone who doesn't consider Windows a productized honeypot is bound to be surprised

K. Reid Wightman :verified: 🌻

@Viss does microsoft tell us if old/unsupported versions of are affected? (like, windows 7)?

asking for a me.

Joel Goguen

@Viss Is the average lifespan of a directly connected Windows box still single-digit minutes? 😂

Viss

@jgoguen for a while it was 30 seconds. after that i sorta stopped keeping track

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