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You should care because once your PC is part of a bot network, it’s part of the problem




it's running Microslop Windows, so it's born compromised

it's an OS with constant built-in ads and spyware

it would have been considered malware in the 2000s


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I had a KMFMS shirt back in the 90's. Lost it in one move or another, alas.

Not being an incompetent or inexperienced Windows user, I'm vanishingly unlikely to be infected by a bot network trojan... and if that does happen, rest assured, I'll notice it.

Windows Update, on the other hand, is part of my threat model.




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