← Back to context Comment by pilif 1 month ago You should care because once your PC is part of a bot network, it’s part of the problem 4 comments pilif Reply blibble 1 month ago it's running Microslop Windows, so it's born compromisedit's an OS with constant built-in ads and spywareit would have been considered malware in the 2000s wileydragonfly 1 month ago [flagged] shawn_w 1 month ago I had a KMFMS shirt back in the 90's. Lost it in one move or another, alas. CamperBob2 1 month ago Not being an incompetent or inexperienced Windows user, I'm vanishingly unlikely to be infected by a bot network trojan... and if that does happen, rest assured, I'll notice it.Windows Update, on the other hand, is part of my threat model.
blibble 1 month ago it's running Microslop Windows, so it's born compromisedit's an OS with constant built-in ads and spywareit would have been considered malware in the 2000s wileydragonfly 1 month ago [flagged] shawn_w 1 month ago I had a KMFMS shirt back in the 90's. Lost it in one move or another, alas.
wileydragonfly 1 month ago [flagged] shawn_w 1 month ago I had a KMFMS shirt back in the 90's. Lost it in one move or another, alas.
CamperBob2 1 month ago Not being an incompetent or inexperienced Windows user, I'm vanishingly unlikely to be infected by a bot network trojan... and if that does happen, rest assured, I'll notice it.Windows Update, on the other hand, is part of my threat model.
it's running Microslop Windows, so it's born compromised
it's an OS with constant built-in ads and spyware
it would have been considered malware in the 2000s
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I had a KMFMS shirt back in the 90's. Lost it in one move or another, alas.
Not being an incompetent or inexperienced Windows user, I'm vanishingly unlikely to be infected by a bot network trojan... and if that does happen, rest assured, I'll notice it.
Windows Update, on the other hand, is part of my threat model.