• HugeNerd@lemmy.ca
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    24 hours ago

    normal course of browsing

    This is a browser security and PEBKAC error, nothing to do with Windows 7. You’ve simply proven my point that all these attacks are installed and run by the user. If they’re tricked by the site, that’s not on Windows 7.

    Your AI generated summary, again, lacks evidence. I asked for a site, or a source where what you claim credibly happened, not just repeating the same myths in a circular series of arguments.

    " via User Execution. By clicking “allow” on browser push notifications"

    Which is what I said: “the only way to get this malware is to actively download it and install it, yes?”

    So you agreed with me on all points, why write so much, though? A simple “yes” would suffice next time. Or “HugeNerd, as usual, is correct and his Windows 7 machine has been running 24/7 for months uncompromised through the miracle of using a hosts file, managing his router, and using his tiny old brain.”

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      Your AI generated summary, again, lacks evidence. I asked for a site, or a source where what you claim credibly happened, not just repeating the same myths in a circular series of arguments.

      I used no AI. Had you actually paid attention you’d see that I cited my source in the first link. The summary I posted it a direct quote from that source. Just because you don’t like what you read that doesn’t automatically make it AI slop.

      I don’t feel like refuting any of your other, unsourced assumptions. Good luck with your beloved Windows 7.

    • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
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      Its not even the same person who replied lmfao

      Why don’t you provide evidence to your claim that the only way to get malware on an outdated os is by downloading and installing something lmfao.

      A majority of users still using 7 are not technically savvy and wouldn’t likely know to harden their devices to that extent, trust me I deal with them Irl for my work at a financial company.