Comment on "You should probably just throw it away"
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 month agoThat’s amazing, it’s had years to have its field day. Where is it, please?
You guys understand you have to actively install malware and viruses, right? It’s not like on TV with a skull and crossbones appearing on the monitor.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
You’re just making yourself a target. People go after low-hanging fruit, and people who haven’t had security updates in a decade are top of the list.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Again, how will this happen? This is just technical illiteracy, my friend.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
I don’t know what the fuck you do on the internet… Are you really trying to suggest people don’t get hacked like this? People have lost millions in crypto from shit like that.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
People. INSTALL. THESE. THINGS. ACTIVELY
They click on things they shouldn’t. I already know I shouldn’t. The end.
Not just from letting the computer run. Explain why I don’t have any of these problems with my oh-so vulnerable 12 year old Windows 7 laptop?
"People have lost millions in crypto from shit like that. " Sources. Links. Explain how it happened. So you’re claiming people with Windows 7 computers also have millions in crypto? What?