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Microsoft wants $30 to let you keep using Windows 10 securely for another year (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

How?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

unpatched vulnerabilities

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Why are people on your LAN exploiting vulnerabilities on your computer? Don't you also have a network firewall and NAT?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

The biggest danger isn't viruses sneaking their way in, it's from the web browser and email client.