• thecrotch@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      A machine sitting there quietly crunching numbers isn’t going to get infected unless your firewall is wide open, and if it is then correcting that is far more important than installing the latest Windows updates

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      11 months ago

      And they can use your PC for DDoS attack on other people, so it’s not like it’s just your problem if your pc gets infected by everything ever.