the first malicious autorun showed up in 2005, i believe. it took until 2011 for microsoft to properly fix their mistake?
bad design decision-makers at microsoft that feign naivety about the significance of security vs. functionality trade-offs are more a danger than pirated systems.
i thought that msft is more "open" about keeping pirated systems clean. aren't security patches still downloadable on pirated microsoft windows installations?
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