Windows XP

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Miroslav wrote: »

!!!!!!, that wasn't there when we bought ours.

Ours is/was/should be

HP DC5750
Processor : AMD Athlon 64x2
RAM : 4Gb DDR2-5300 (upgradeable to 8gb with 4 banks of RAM)
Optical Drive - DVD Multirecorder
Hard Drive : SATA 160Gb
Operating System : Windows 7 64bit SP1
Integrated/On-Board Graphics
Windows 7 64bit SP1

Only, Windows 7 is pirated, the DBD Multirecorder is actually a DVD Multiplayer and the seller didn't include the Windows 7 disc as promised.

Reckon I should fork out for that one rather than put Windows 7 on this mess?

Is the processor a little slow? Only use it for internet browsing, football manager 2009 and watching TV on the internet (iplayer etc)

Best would be to get a refund and then spend the whole lot on either a new £150 Zoostorm or whatever you can afford.

waddler_8

Johnmcl7 wrote: »

I am told by people they think they don't need anti-virus and/or security updates and I'm frequently not surprised to find a USB stick or drive from their machine is indeed infected. It's not just a case of being careful where you browse as even Google have accidentally served malware as have other legitimate sites and security updates will usually patch a vulnerability before it can be exploited whereas AV definitions can usually only exist when the malware using the exploit is out in the wild which may be too late.

These AVG threat statistics outline the need to be patched, with detections for the Blackhole Exploit kit accounting for nearly a third of all detections:

http://www.avgthreatlabs.com/webthreats/info/blackhole-exploit-kit/

The top 5 also include two other exploit packs, Redkit & Cool.

Kaspersky dubbed 2011 the "Year of the vulnerability" & 2012 the "Year of the Java vulnerability" - All due to the prevalence of exploit packs.

http://www.securelist.com/en/analysis/204792255/Kaspersky_Security_Bulletin_2012_The_overall_statistics_for_2012#4

http://blogs.technet.com/b/security/archive/2012/07/19/the-rise-of-the-black-hole-exploit-kit-the-importance-of-keeping-all-software-up-to-date.aspx