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		BonoboIO on July 28, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The New Internet Amen! In the 2000s I had a newly setup windows xp with the modem on the internet. After 30 minutes it was toast. Riddled with viruses.

nurettin on July 30, 2024 [–]

I had the same, except I was not running it as admin, so nothing could touch system32 or the boot sector.

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