There is a lot of misinformation regarding the security of older OSes.
There are some people online fabricating videos of older Windows (moslty XP and 7) “getting hacked by idling”, with one of these videos even clearly having a web browser open in the taskbar with the title “virus download”. And when it is pointed out that this doesn’t happen, they get defensive that it will if you are raw connected to the internet. But pretty much everyone owns a modern router that would block direct connections by default, and most ISPs gift one even.
SomeKindaName@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yeah… No. Update your software.
ByteJunk@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This.
Also, upgrade to Linux.
SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one 20 hours ago
No.
EnsignWashout@startrek.website 17 hours ago
Sorry. We need to learn to ask nicely.
Please upgrade to Linux?
sudo
upgrade to Linux?RunAs -Admin
upgrade to Linux?RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 17 hours ago
They weren’t asking