misk@sopuli.xyz to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 months agoIdle Windows XP and 2000 machines get infected with viruses within minutes of being exposed online — legacy OSes compromised by just connecting to the Internetwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down121
arrow-up162arrow-down1external-linkIdle Windows XP and 2000 machines get infected with viruses within minutes of being exposed online — legacy OSes compromised by just connecting to the Internetwww.tomshardware.commisk@sopuli.xyz to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoIt’s nothing new. I remember doing this for fun about 16 years ago, putting a WinXP machine on the internet with no firewall and waiting. Even back then, it was immediately hammered by traffic and quickly started doing dubious things.
It’s nothing new. I remember doing this for fun about 16 years ago, putting a WinXP machine on the internet with no firewall and waiting. Even back then, it was immediately hammered by traffic and quickly started doing dubious things.