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A Windows XP machine's life expectancy in 2024 seems to be about 10 minutes before even just an idle net connection renders it a trojan-riddled zombie PC (www.pcgamer.com)
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Just a fun, somewhat terrifying read

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Exactly. And you can see by the number of upvotes your comment got vs the number of downvotes earned by mine that a false sense of security is shared by the majority.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Well I for one, stand corrected.

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