Thanks David!!
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On 2025-04-22 15:02, David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> Maybe put it into a VM (eg, VirtualBox) hosted on a Mac or Linux?
>
> That’s what I use to do my Delphi development because the IDE only runs
> in Windows.
>
> I don’t use it for anything else, although I do run the browsers in it,
> largely b/c I’m doing web dev work. I also need to access things on the
> web from time to time.
>
> I’m curious about how safe that is going forward.
>
> I’ve heard it’s mostly from direct access by bots that do port scanning
> and look for known security holes.
>
> Someone set up a little box with a freshly-installed version of Win XP
> that was otherwise untouched, and within 20 minutes of plugging it into
> the internet it had been infected with four different things.
>
I assume there was no firewall? I assume that a good firewall might be
the solution for running win10 after it expires?
- Keith
> -David Schwartz
>
>
>
>
>> On Apr 22, 2025, at 1:54 PM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
>> <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have one app that is windows only. I am not going to upgrade to
>> win11.
>>
>> I asked AI the question and the response was mostly along the lines of
>> security:
>>
>> - Your system will be vulnerable to new malware, viruses, and
>> ransomware.
>>
>> - Use good antivirus software.
>>
>> - Stop using the PC for sensitive things like banking or email.
>>
>> I am running the free version of AGV.
>>
>> I have no understanding of the win built in security...
>>
>> I am going to try and migrate away from win10 at some point. My daily
>> driver is Kubuntu... I hope to cure the M$ issue by migrating
>> completely onto Linux.
>>
>> Any thoughts on what I might want to do if I need to run win10 after
>> it's EOL?
>>
>> Thanks!!
>> Keith
>>
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