still running my windows 7, not tempted to upgrade

I don't get anything new when I press check for updates monkaS

wait i installed an update this morning was that it?

Regarding anyone running Windows 10 on their device
The NSA has released an official, public statement urging everyone to update their Windows devices as soon as possible. An exploit has been identified in the current version of Windows 10 that can allow malicious software to be automatically installed on your computer, under the guise of approved Windows updates.

This means that very soon, hackers will be developing tools to be able to take control of and install malicious software to over 900 million PCs worldwide, with little to nothing that can be done to stop or remove the infected software due to the system believing it is from an approved Windows Update.

The NSA and US Department of Defense urges everyone on Windows 10 to update their computer IMMEDIATELY, as a fix for the exploit has already been released. Again, failing to update now will put your machine at extreme risk in the future.

To update, click the windows logo in the bottom left, click the cog, go to "update and security" and press "check for updates."

Links to the OFFICIAL NSA statement and a detailed news report are included below for you to read.

https://media.defense.gov/2020/Jan/14/2002234275/-1/-1/0/CSA-WINDOWS-10-CRYPT-LIB-20190114.PDF

https://www.wired.com/story/nsa-windows-10-vulnerability-disclosure/
Be careful everyone

https://i.imgur.com/IgMyx.gif

wheres the scout version of this

Windows 7: YOU MUST UPGRADE TODAY OR YOUR COMPUTER WILL BE COLOSSALLY INSECURE GET WINDOWS 10 RIGHT NOW OR YOU WILL BE HACKED!!
Windows 10:

when demo sticky bug

im still on 1607 lol

what are you talking about, i literally copied and pasted this thread and I don't know where you got cpu from

*laughs in linux*

laughs in windows 7

everyone else in this thread is beneath me

god i hate windows 10

how is such a massive company so incompetent and reckless. crazy

wolsne is a sellout for the NSA and cannot be trusted

LOL ofc its the day after they drop Win 7 support

How do you prevent windows from forcing you to update? Windows literally wakes me up in the middle of my sleep with my loud ass computer to update. No matter what I change in services or what have you it resets the settings to default.

windows7 for life

cu@

LTSB

Windows Education is free with university ID, doesn't have bloatware and you can disable updates. LTSC is only meant for enterprise and omits all QoL updates.

works on my machine

You can change your local group policy to only ask you to update when updates are available without forcing. You should still patch your system regularly as there seems to be a gigantic issue disclosed every patch tuesday nowadays.

Additionally just to address something else - it's incredibly foolish to use an out-of-support OS, not just because you won't receive security patches but because Microsoft no longer need to acknowledge any issue with Windows 7 if they choose not to, meaning you may be unaware of certain exploits even if you attempt to keep yourself in the loop.

if you dont download random exes and dont go to doubtful webs, youre good
i mean if some really good "hacker" targets you, you cant do shit regardless what you use
these basic fixes are against avoidable script kiddies

Coming from someone who works in this industry, you're mistaken. Near-invisible RCE is entirely achievable from a user just visiting a web page through certain exploits. You wouldn't even need to consciously click dodgy links for this as its fairly common for known good sites to have their downloads silently compromised.