Dangerous nostalgia: Taking Windows XP online will result in auto-installed viruses in a matter of minutes

[ZedRM]

Yes. Their journalistic integrity.

Translation: "No they didn't, I just don't like their choice of vocabulary and how their choice of words tricked(read motivated) me into reading this article." BooWoo.

If you don't see the value of this experiment, fine. But blasting Techspot for having fun with a fun video that had some interesting results is YOUR problem. Get over it.

 

[Hotlynx16]

NO router and NO firewall.

Blaming XP at that point is laughable. Stop the clickbait.

From windows 98 until Windows 10 I always had a third party firewall!

 

[Hotlynx16]

Still have my Windows XP install disks!

 

[ZedRM]

Still have my Windows XP install disks!

Same here. I only have my Pro disks though. Sold the Home versions with systems years ago.