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[-] SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That's not how it works, especially since everyone doing this is behind a modern router.

Nothing will happen if you have a Windows 98 computer connected to the internet when the home internet router is on default settings. And modern internet browsers implement security in themselves on systems they still support.

Firefox still supports Windows 7 via the ESR channel, and every new install gets redirected to on automatically on Windows 7, 8 and 8.1.

Worry the unsupported systems behind pure internet or providing public internet services, or the users installing the free PDF editor Google advertised as first in search. Those are many more than older Windows enthusiasts.

this post was submitted on 27 Nov 2025
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