Dangerous nostalgia: Taking Windows XP online will result in auto-installed viruses in a matter of minutes
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To prove how dangerous it can be to use old and deprecated operating systems without any antivirus program, firewall or routers in 2024, YouTuber Eric Parker performed a proof-of-concept experiment by setting up a Windows XP virtual machine with an unsecured internet connection. Within minutes, the system was under attack,…
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