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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The first virus Windows 95 can't catch.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Windows 95 can't run most of the modern virus files. It is mostly 16bit DOS that loads the 32bit initilization before the GUI presents itself. Anything looking for Win2k (NT) paths will fail. The virus wont know where the OS folder is

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah okay fine the joke should've used NT-based Windows XP but c'mooon