Update your software now!

On 18/06/2019 23:34, Paul wrote:
David B. wrote:
On 18/06/2019 19:03, pyotr filipivich wrote:
"David B." on Mon, 17 Jun 2019 19:02:13
+0100 typed in alt.windows7.generalÂ* the following:
On 17/06/2019 18:41, pyotr filipivich wrote:
"David B." on Mon, 17 Jun 2019 10:30:43
+0100 typed in alt.windows7.generalÂ* the following:
On 17/06/2019 02:35, pyotr filipivich wrote:
"David B." on Sun, 16 Jun 2019 17:58:15
+0100 typed in alt.windows7.generalÂ* the following:

An updated O/s probably wouldn't run on my computer -- not enough
resources. People are using Windows XP because they aren't rich
enough
to buy a new computer every few months.

IIRC, I started using Windows XP when it was first introduced in
2002 -
it really is 'old hat' now! If you drove a motor vehicle of that
age you
might well expect it to suffer more breakdowns than a new or
nearly new car!

Â*Â*Â* What is in a Operating System comparable to the mechanical items
in an automobile, which can wear out?

Will 'vulnerabilities' suffice?

Â*Â*Â* No.

Â*Â*Â* You were saying that an OS wears as it runs, and eventually fails
due to something wearing out.

Well, FWIW, there's something not quite right about this:-

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/8...3427/detection


Â*Â*Â* And in twenty five words or less, could you explain what that is
when it is at home?

It's a scan by Virus Total of the website I saw mentioned in your
message header.

It's a scan by an uneven collection of tools.

Â*Â* CRDFÂ* Malicious

Who exactly is "CRDF" ???

The participants in that page, are rather a rag-tag lot.

It does seem like that!

Do you trust the operation/organization?

Perhaps for CRDF, their detection code goes something like
this.

Â*Â* BEGIN
Â*Â*Â*Â* if ("www.") then printf("Malicious\n");
Â*Â* END

Which is a good zeroth order approximation.

And, the code is easy to maintain.

(This is a bit of an inside joke, because at work, we had
Â*a guy who would say "I could code that up in three lines",
Â*so for joke-purposes, you had to make sure joke-code had
Â*exactly three lines.)

Â*Â* Paul

Thanks for your comments, Paul.

Have you been retired for as long as me?!!

--
David B.
Devon, UK