Why does my pc have a heart attack everytime this bloatware updates? Then it takes forever to load once I shutdown and restart. Thanks Bill Gate$ (satan).

  • CarbonScored [any]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    As a professional IT guy, it’s really not that big of a deal. Unless you’re downloading stupid shit, connecting to random networks, or have a public-facing server, you’re unlikely to be vulnerable to anything the security updates are for.

    If you’re doing any of those things, then be prepared for haxxorz anyway.

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      2 months ago

      I’m definitely not an IT professional but malicious files can get on your computer through no fault of one’s own. There was an issue months ago where some Minecraft mod authors got phished and their compromised mods were available on the biggest mod/modpack platform for weeks before it was discovered. It’s not like they were downloading albumname_artistname.exe or anything, it was business as usual

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        2 months ago

        Oh aye, I fully agree with that. But Microsoft security patches will not help with anything like that. They’re pretty much solely protocol exploits and privilege escalations.