Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago"You should probably just throw it away"poptalk.scrubbles.techimagemessage-square470fedilinkarrow-up11.37Karrow-down115
arrow-up11.35Karrow-down1image"You should probably just throw it away"poptalk.scrubbles.techScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square470fedilink
minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down4·2 days agoBrowsing from a 12 year old laptop running Win7 … what’s the issue?
minus-squareyonder@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·2 days agoMalware. All the malware 🪲. That thing better be airgapped.
minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down8·1 day agoPlease explain how malware would get on my laptop now in a way that it didn’t, oh, say, in the last 12 years?
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-224 hours agoConsidering you stopped receiving security updates years ago, any kind of malware developed since then is going to have a field day with you.
minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours 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.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·51 minutes agoYou’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.
minus-squaremrvictory1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoI 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.
minus-squareHugeNerd@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours agoThat’s nice, what does it report? Cookies? PUP?
minus-squaremrvictory1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 hours agoI got 5-6 reports then stopped extracting the image because I got scared. Mostly PUP and info stealers, maybe 1 trojan.
minus-squareturnip@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoEven JavaScript can infect you. Assuming your family does online banking and brokerage you then become a jumping off point for malware.
Browsing from a 12 year old laptop running Win7 … what’s the issue?
Malware. All the malware 🪲. That thing better be airgapped.
Please explain how malware would get on my laptop now in a way that it didn’t, oh, say, in the last 12 years?
Considering you stopped receiving security updates years ago, any kind of malware developed since then is going to have a field day with you.
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.
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.
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.
That’s nice, what does it report? Cookies? PUP?
I got 5-6 reports then stopped extracting the image because I got scared. Mostly PUP and info stealers, maybe 1 trojan.
Even JavaScript can infect you.
Assuming your family does online banking and brokerage you then become a jumping off point for malware.