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> That's precisely why it was never necessary How did you keep viruses and worms and such off of Windows systems around say 1995-2002?
by tzs 3y ago
> That's precisely why it was never necessary
How did you keep viruses and worms and such off of Windows systems around say 1995-2002?
- DavidPiper 3y agoNot sure why you're being downvoted as I think it's a reasonable question to ask when someone's saying antivirus was never necessary. Having seen a few friends' family computers degrade and behave unexpectedly when I was younger, there were definitely people out there who would have benefited. However I think GP is drawing attention to the irony that, as an attack vector, antivirus software as it was conceived actually increased your surface area of risk in some ways.
- hulitu 3y agoJust like today:Think before you click. Antiviruses are crap today.
- danillonunes 3y agoClick? Back in the days you could get infected with blaster by just having a Windows XP machine connected to the internet. No action needed.
- tzs 3y agoYup. I saw it happen to a machine once less than 15 minutes after installing Windows and putting it on the net. I think a lot of people nowadays forget how wild it was back then.