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[return to "I connected Windows XP to the Internet; it was fine"]
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1. jmgao+rb4[view] [source] 2024-06-01 09:30:20
>>mouse_+(OP)
Back in the days of blaster, if you were connected to a network with infected machines or had a public IP address because you were connected straight into your cable modem, you would get infected in the windows installer before it finished installing. Nowadays, everything is behind NAT and there aren't any infected Windows XP machines left on your local network, so that's not a problem anymore.
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2. nubine+Pg4[view] [source] 2024-06-01 10:45:31
>>jmgao+rb4
I would guesstimate about 20-30 seconds was all you needed to be connected for to pick up blaster...
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3. cqqxo4+di4[view] [source] 2024-06-01 11:01:59
>>nubine+Pg4
Yep. Before I knew what it was, I genuinely thought that an issue occurred when my connection established. That’s how fast it was, and it was consistently that fast.
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4. ddalex+Dj4[view] [source] 2024-06-01 11:15:57
>>cqqxo4+di4
How did blaster do it so fast?
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5. bzzzt+oA4[view] [source] 2024-06-01 13:54:55
>>ddalex+Dj4
Because there were so many infected machines probing through the entire IPv4 space then.
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