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Arghblarg@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Just block W11 updates entirely.

www.sordum.org/9470/windows-update-blocker-v1-8/

It’s mostly bullshit that one absolutely needs the latest Windows updates; if you use uBlock Origin in your browser and don’t download/run random .EXE/.MSI shit from the internet you’ll be fine. Keep Windows Defender up to date once a month just in case as well.

But really the best option is to switch to Linux.

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SomeKindaName@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Yeah… No. Update your software.

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- ByteJunk@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  This.
  
  Also, upgrade to Linux.
  
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  - SereneSadie@lemmy.myserv.one ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    No.
    
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    EnsignWashout@startrek.website ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Sorry. We need to learn to ask nicely.
    
    Please upgrade to Linux?
    
    sudo upgrade to Linux?
    
    RunAs -Admin upgrade to Linux?
    
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    RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    They weren’t asking
    
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SSUPII@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
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.

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- MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  On the other hand, there were some exploits without user interaction even in the last few months.
  
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- Moonrise2473@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  But indeed it you expose all the ports to internet (not just connect under nat) windows XP, you gonna get infected by blaster within 5 minutes
  
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- Arghblarg@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Thank you.
  
  If you’ve ensured your home network’s firewall is sane first, there’s no big issue.
  
  If you dual-boot to Windows occasionally to run that one stupid program that can’t run under Linux, and you aren’t downloading stuff willy-nilly from the wild internet, and you haven’t previously installed all sorts of dodgy call-home programs, you can still be safe running while you’re in Windows. Hell, I have a Windows 7 box that runs just fine from my home network to the internet, thankyouverymuch. I even download stuff from there gasp, but I check the files first! Imagine that.
  
  Most people aren’t knowledgeable enough to maintain proper security however so I guess I should just stop commenting on posts like this, as I always get flak from people stating it’s impossible to run an OS more than 2 weeks old on the Internet without being instantly hacked :p.
  
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