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		jerhewet 44 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Windows 7 x64 Extended Support Page Congrats on being a parrot in the "oh noes, taken over by bots!" securitah echo chamber. W7 is just fine. Daily driver on multiple machines, never been "taken over" or turned into a crypto miner or a hub for a bot network, never had a single virus or other issues.

pwdisswordfishz 43 days ago [–]

That you know of.

yownie 42 days ago | [–]

easy enough to tell by merely monitoring traffic flow from suspected machine.

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