cirthaya

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   by cirthaya 4y ago

   Different subsystems, layers and libraries in Windows do have different interpretations of what characters to allow in a filename, what permission bits to obey, how to behave on different filesystems, etc. It's a huge mess. You can e.g
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   by cirthaya 4y ago

   I'd suggest something like "Keep the system and applications up to date. Install all patches from Windows Update immediately and preferrably automatically. Use applications' automatic updates or package managers such as choco
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   by cirthaya 4y ago

   That part says "Keep the system up-to-date (Windows update): download and install all patches.". But Windows Update doesn't update any applications for third parties and not even all Microsoft applications. So the recommendat
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   by cirthaya 4y ago

   Email Software like Outlook is largely responsible for a lot of phishing problems. E.g. email addresses are usually hidden and only visible after a lot of fiddling. Bad UI such as Outlook's makes most users powerless to recognize phish
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   by cirthaya 4y ago

   I'd severely doubt some key recommendations of this guide to the point where it may be useless and dangerous as a whole, because the recommendations are misleading into a false sense of security. Applications' updates are a huge f