• JohnWorks
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    132 months ago

    This feels like it would be dangerous but let’s say you have a good av how bad would it be?

    • @[email protected]
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      262 months ago

      Still bad, they are running with whatever vulnerabilities existed at the time and all those are known by now.

    • slazer2au
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      92 months ago

      Way less dangerous than people say.

      Unless you do stupid shit like plug in unknown USB sticks or put a public IP on your PC you will be mostly fine.

      • @RedditRefugee69
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        12 months ago

        Or if a compromised Computer joins your network. Or if someone is able to join your network via your device due to some unknown attack vector. Etc. Etc.

    • @[email protected]
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      82 months ago

      If you manage to find an updated browser and don’t host any network service it shouldn’t be too dangerous.

      • @[email protected]
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        112 months ago

        You are still vulnerable to every kind of vulnerability in every program that processes a file you download. Particularly parsers (e.g. XML, images, PDFs,…) tend to have a lot of those over the years.

      • @[email protected]
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        92 months ago

        If he’s checking his bank account on there then you’re still pretty bad. Downloading dubious cracked software is never a good start.