• indomara@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    People have commented that it’s crazy that I have completely disabled all updates on my win10 machine. This sort of thing is why.

    Edit: I haven’t had a virus or malware since… I was a teenager. It seems like if you use an adblocker, don’t click links from unknown sources, and are aware of your network activity, you are pretty safe. The writing is on the wall, I am aware that I will need to switch to Linux soon, but I am also aware that Linux has compatibility issues with my particular machine and doesn’t work with certain activities I like to do. I am hoping these issues will be mostly sorted by the time I make the leap.

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      5 months ago

      It’s crazy because it’s a huge security risk. If your that committed to not updating Windows, move to an alternative OS.

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      5 months ago

      Disabling updates is not a good choice. If you use Windows, update Windows. Having an insecure and not up to date version of windows makes you more vulnerable