Windows XP

Jivesinger

Well the higher figure (31.42%) comes from Netmarketshare, who collect their stats based on the proportion of each OS that are visiting websites that they monitor...

bluesnake

Jivesinger, my money would be on Flash as a virus tool, possibly with java.

Flash gets Mac and windows, plus some linux too including a piece of android. Fairly sure I would target a larger than 20% market chunk

Jivesinger

bluesnake wrote: »

Jivesinger, my money would be on Flash as a virus tool, possibly with java.

Flash gets Mac and windows, plus some linux too including a piece of android. Fairly sure I would target a larger than 20% market chunk

Yeah but the Flash and Java vulnerabilities will get patched...

Stonker

I have an old xp machine. I was wondering if I could use it for IP CCTV?

bluesnake

Stonker wrote: »

I have an old xp machine. I was wondering if I could use it for IP CCTV?

yes you can. I'm doing it fairly successfully. However its success does depend on the s/w you are using, both driver wise and application wise.

I have used timhillone, but is not free

bluesnake

Wonder which will get hacked first, the old xp boxes, or the windows 8 machines that have a backdoor in the TPM module?
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Germany-Claims-the-NSA-Has-Access-to-Every-Windows-8-Computer-377501.shtml

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you could, but a pc running 24/7 would add a fair amount to your electricity bill

grumpycrab

Stonker wrote: »

I have an old xp machine. I was wondering if I could use it for IP CCTV?

Yes, one way is with a CCTV camera, video capture device, and some s/w. Pc Pro magazine (issue 228, october 2013) had an article using some Perl scripts to capture images upon motion detection. Fancy a play? I can provide the article if you like.

matttye

closed wrote: »

The merchants of doom and those who stand to make financial gain will say the world will end with a multitide of zero day exploits. Well zero day and any exploits only get exploited if you hit a site that has been infected AND your AV doesn't detect it.

backup, use a virus scanner, if the world does end, put the backup back on, and carry on.

If anything like W32/Blaster comes out once XP stops getting updates, users will be screwed. That spread simply by scanning for vulnerable computers using the internet. It didn't need to spread using e-mail, instant messengers, the web, or whatever else.

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No they won't, if they have a router/firewall, an antivirus, and if all else fails .. a backup. The first 2 of those are commonplace, the third not as common as it should be.

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx