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I can still hear your startup sound (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 days ago by reader@lemmy.zip to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/53427538

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[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I remember setting up a fresh XP install for a friend, and within seconds of plugging in the ethernet cable Internet Explorer started opening tons of flashing ad windows everywhere. Firewall wasn't on by default I guess? LOL

I also remember that system messenger exploit that could send spam as system "OK" prompts to any XP machine. That was wild.

[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 5 hours ago

Also if you had gotten a cracked "no key" version it would have come with malware

[–] Scrollone@lemmy.zip 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah the crazy thing is that most people were using ADSL connections directly from their computer, without a router.

Raw dogging the internet with no firewall, that was wild.

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 59 minutes ago)

That's a really good point. Maybe that was cool before the Internet was swarming with exploit-sniffing bots, but nowadays? I can't even imagine!

I've seen some videos where people open port 80 on their home network running something like PFSense. In seconds it's like "Now_all_of_China_knows_you're_here.jpeg" LOL.