0x0@programming.dev to Tech@programming.dev · 4 months agoSomeone connected Windows XP to the internet, and it didn't survive longwww.xda-developers.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down13
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minus-squareInvaderDJ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoI remember reading years ago that an unpatched WinXP machine on the Internet would catch something in 10 minutes without having to browse. Is there anything different here that is a change from that rule of thumb?
minus-squareDkarma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoAt the very least you want a router between the comp and the Internet to obfuscate port scanners and such.
I remember reading years ago that an unpatched WinXP machine on the Internet would catch something in 10 minutes without having to browse.
Is there anything different here that is a change from that rule of thumb?
At the very least you want a router between the comp and the Internet to obfuscate port scanners and such.