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I've never really liked Windows XP, but this video is a bit dishonest. As other commenters have pointed out, at around the 2 minute and 50 second mark, the pers
by koito17 2y ago
I've never really liked Windows XP, but this video is a bit dishonest. As other commenters have pointed out, at around the 2 minute and 50 second mark, the person has a search query for "xp sp3 worm" in Internet Explorer. While the person in the video admits to disabling firewall and other security features of Windows XP, he never mentions his intent to search for worms targetting the platform and execute them.
There was a time when Windows XP would get infected by staying online overnight, but the most recent example I remember is the Blaster worm[1] from around 2003. I recall having an ADSL subscription back in 2007, and at the time, the ISP provided a device acting as both a modem and router. So in my case, at least since 2007, I wouldn't have to worry much about keeping a computer online overnight.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaster_(computer_worm)?useskin=vector https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaster_(computer_worm)?useski...