Reply 40 of 47, by ZellSF
wrote:Windows XP is probably my favorite Windows OS of all time. It's still completely capable by today's standards and its primary insecurity was due to the fact that it came out when everyone was making the transition from dialup to broadband and as a result routers/NAT wasn't all that common and most people just connected straight to the modem, exposing their boxes to all manner of worms and malware.
My Win8.1 computer is connected directly to the internet: no problems.
If that's a problem with XP, then that's still a pretty serious flaw with the OS's security. You shouldn't be depending on cheap routers for security.