• @HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
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    -620 hours ago

    Please explain how malware would get on my laptop now in a way that it didn’t, oh, say, in the last 12 years?

    • @prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      8 hours ago

      Considering you stopped receiving security updates years ago, any kind of malware developed since then is going to have a field day with you.

      • @HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
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        143 minutes ago

        That’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.

    • @mrvictory1@lemmy.world
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      518 hours ago

      I used WinXP till '19 with no signs of infections. Just extracting the .wim image of the PC was enough to trigger Defender on Win10. It was infected.