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Is Windows 7 safe for online banking in 2026?
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>>108911510
banking is unsafe because of the jews
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Safe as yelling your pin out loud.
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>>108911661
t. bread and games board tourist
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>>108911510
use a phone for banking
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>>108911510
>>108911719
This.
Keep away your important internet filth from your personal life, simply run the bank app inside the global surveillance pocket devise.
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There are still Windows XP ATMs out there.
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>>108911510
If it's only used for banking and is airgapped the rest of the time, it's almost perfect for your use case.
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>>108911946
My favorite are the ones that hade a hidden usb port underneath
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>>108911661
retarded neet subhuman
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>people are scared of using an outdated pc os for banking
>but have no issues outdated android phones for banking
Make it make sense
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>>108911510
9 year old android (whose final 'security' update was 2018) for that, chief.
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>>108911510
It is technically MORE safe than any Windows version since then, as it is a mostly offline DESKTOP operating system. Not a "OS as a service" BS that spies you 24/7.

You can also get modern forks of popular browsers if needed, such as PaleMoon, Librewolf, or Helium.
Use incognito mode, uBlock Origin, and make sure you always got HTTPS connection.
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>>108911510
As long as your router is up to date it is.
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>>108914076
Mainline Palemoon still supports 7, you don't need to use a fork.
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>>108911661
(((they))) hated him because he told the truth
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>>108914076
>necrophile lies
windows 7 stopped being an option in 2020 re7ard
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>>108915030
My W7 machine is still getting updoots from Firefox.
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>>108914076
Look at this retarded moskal animal trying to get idiots into his botnet with the same old tale.
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>>108915461
I'm talking os updates re7ard, enjoy your zero-days 7igger
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>>108911510
Is there a solid pre built Windows 7 ISO still working and maintained to this date?
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>>108911661
fippybippy
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>>108915640
impossible since microsoft stopped releasing updates for the os
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>>108911510
firefox still supports it so it shouldn't be a problem
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>>108916042
the ever growing list zero-days are a problem
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>>108911510
even if you have a virus no firewall & no router & its exfiltrating your data, the bank login is still gonna be 2fa'd and will probably reject their cookie hijack based on geoip.
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>>108915640
theres esu slipstreamed isos but you must trust source. spiceworks iirc or r*ddit
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>>108911661
they hated him because he told them the truth
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Whats the point of W7 fags when Linux exists
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>>108917114
it just werks
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>>108911661
proved true by instant kvetching
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>>108911694
Cope.
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>>108911661
this
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>>108917114
I like my OS to actually work
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>>108917114
It still works better than Linux
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>>108911510
>Is Windows 7 safe for online banking in 2026?
why would it not be? it is done inside of a internet browser
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>>108911510
your router is like 99.9% responsible for stopping bad shit happening to you, if you aren't running random scripts from the internet you'll be fine on W7.
People have gotten fucking unhinged about "MUH SAFETY MUH SECURITY AIIEEE" to an embarassing degree, as a random internet user on a banking site you could not be safer if you're connecting to your router on default settings regardless of OS.
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>>108918621
So if I'm watching him enter shit on my sekrit TeamViewer installation, he still has nothing to worry about?
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>>108911510
>Is Windows 7 safe for online banking in 2026?
no
/thread
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>>108911510
I used it until 2023, but I really should've been using Linux for a daily internet use machine
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>>108911510
Yes
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>>108911661
intelligent hardworking ubermensch
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>>108917114
im not trans
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>>108923303
no but you are a mentally ill necrophile
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>>108911510
don't worship your idol in my sovlful os
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>>108911510
>scrolling and clicking in Windows 11
>scratch my balls
>sniff
>Windows 11 has protected your PC
Thanks windows I almost got something done there!
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>>108923323
yeah well you wont be talking so tough when i rape your corpse now will you?
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>>108914076
>modern

In technology, modern doesn't have a positive connotation, redditor. Modern means spyware, bloated, subscription modeled, RAM leaking and developed by third worlders that scammed their way through school. Aka shit.
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>>108923434
This, every piece of software that it out there for money pretty much has to get worse over time, we're getting to the point where software made by autists in their spare time is more usable than shit that costs money, which makes no sense, I remember when Windows 7 came out, I dropped my Ubuntu 9.04, I dropped my white macbook because the thing was that fucking polished and good, but after 7 couldn't get newest Chrome anymore I dropped it because it was over and went back to my penguin roots, and it's tragic because "modern" should be better in all aspects of life but it doesn't anymore, modern computer=spyware modern car=less reliable for more money.

We're living in hell.
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>>108917114
Linux operates differently from Windows. I very strongly disagree with many of the core tenants of the UNIX philosophy, and think the way Windows does things (or did before Microsoft runined things with WIndows 8) is better than the way Linux does things, for home use at least.

Plus I just have bad luck with Linux. Every time I install it, it will end up bricked within a few months. Most recently the wifi manager broke and I wasn't able to connect to the internet to figure out how to fix it or download the required packcages to do so.
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>>108923886
>after 7 couldn't get newest Chrome
Chrome is old news
Newest chrome already runs in win7 through many ways
posting from ungoogled 147 on win7 rn
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>>108923992
You should try Linux Mint or something Anon, because it's killer and will change your life, I was a diehard Windows 7 user to the point where I was buying spare parts to keep my machine alive forever, only to not have support anyway, and I'm kicking myself for having spent money making backups of a computer that was 8 years old at the time, now I don't worry about that, if my computer dies, I just plug my SSD with Mint into a newer faster machine and go on with life, which can't be done with based Windows 7 due to nobody supporting it.

Not saying Windows 7 wasn't based, but you can't use it for everything, forever... it's really only good for playing old games on bare metal or in a VM using old software you really like but doesn't exist on Linux.
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>>108911510
With the right browser, yes: https://github.com/e3kskoy7wqk
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>>108924039
>You should try Linux Mint
It was the first one I tried. I hated it. It never worked right, looked horrible, and of course got bricked after a few months of use. I have tried it many times since then, still hate it.

> due to nobody supporting it
I don't play modern games, so GPU drivers aren't an issue, I use Palemoon (and have Supermium for when that doesn't work) so web browsers aren't an issue, and VxKex works for the vast majority of programs.

> but you can't use it for everything, forever
Yeah, but I can use it for a really long time. I still use XP on a Pentium 4 for most of my daily computing tasks. The 7 machine is just for when I need to run a modern program or render a webpage that the P4 absolutely can not render.

Eventually I will hit a wall where I really can't use this stuff anymore, but the hope is that I die before that happens.
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>>108924066
>but the hope is that I die before that happens
That was literally me at one point, but eventually things move ahead Anon, I stuck with Windows 7 mainly for the performance aspect, but it hurt seeing 15w quad core ultrabooks performing a mere 9% worse than my fucking 125w processor, I was basically hamstringing myself to to hold onto windows 7, which couldn't go further as far as my machine and eventually the software, which makes me kick myself because if I had just bought a ryzen 6 core or some shit, and used Linux with a lightweight desktop, it would've been faster for daily use than what I had on Windows 7.
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>>108924089
>but eventually things move ahead Anon
Yeah eventually, but as we've established I don't have to. I'm don't like being left behind, but I'd rather do that than move forward.

> but it hurt seeing 15w quad core ultrabooks performing a mere 9% worse than my fucking 125w processor
Eh, I hate modern hardware about as much as I hate the software, so it doesn't appeal. Using modern laptops makes me wanna kill someone and modern desktops are just depressing when you open them up, and offensive when you turn them on.

Plus I really like weak systems. I've been considering switching to a g3258 just because I like the idea of using a 13 year old budget dual core while people are running around with Threadraper 1 billions. And as I've stated before, I am perfectly capable of doing this, my main PC is a 3Ghz Netburst Pentium.
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>>108924125
>Plus I really like weak systems
You're practically a freaking Linux user Anon, I'm pretty anti bloat and like the XFCE environment to go fast, but you have Linux guys who would consider that bloat because they make a game out of how fucking little hardware can they run this on.
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>>108924140
>You're practically a freaking Linux user Anon,
I am aware of this, but I also just really dislike the way Linux operates. I dislike the UNIX-ness of it. What I want is an OS that tries its hardest to act like DOS, which is what Windows does.

> I'm pretty anti bloat and like the XFCE environment to go fast
I would not call XFCE fast.

My problems with the the Linux, POSIX, and the software ecosystem surrounding it aside. I also just really really dislike all the big desktop environments. I find them to be offensive to look at in a way that theming won't fix. There are DEs and window managers that don't make me want to throw my computer out of a second story window, like Trinity or IceWM, but those are all so error prone that I can't manage to go without bricking them for longer than a month.

I've had Trinity's wifi manager die on me twice now.
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>>108911510
There is nothing risky about using your bank's website, as intended. Do you think all the local skiddies get a notification when you log in to you bank account on an unsupported OS? Of course not.

Is your install clean? Is your network relatively secure? If the answer to these questions is 'yes', then you're good to go.
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>>108924125
>>108924140
>>108924156
Get a room you fags.
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>>108924182
We're fucking right here in the thread Anon, deal.
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>>108924182
This is the room.
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>>108923992
>>108924066
>>108924125
>>108924156
Based
>>108924039
>>108924089
>>108924140
Cringe
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>>108913900
this. the phone is the worst and most insecure platform anyone could choose.
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>>108911510
Maybe. Does Docker run on Windows 7? Could run Ubuntu with Chrome in a container.
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>>108924217
It's open source trash, though
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>>108914963
Up to date version of firefox esr also works. I don't think there's any reason to believe it's unsafe
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Windows 7 users are so schizophrenic itss unreal, its like the care about similar shit Linux users care about, but they refuse to switch to Linux because they like proprietary OSes, but the proprietary OS got them into this situation where the newer versions are shit, so they keep trying to use a 2009 OS and old ass computers until their dead.
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>>108911661
FPBP
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>>108924125
>I hate modern hardware
You hate modern hardware because it doesn't support windows 7. If Microsoft didn't fucking hate you, and NT Kernel was source available so that you could put Aero or some other minimal desktop on a supported kernel, you would be running to the store to get a 65w 8 core at this very moment.
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>>108924960
/thread
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>>108925319
It's pure comedy, at least if they used windows 11 they would get support and the ability to run all the great l proprietary stuff windows has, and with Linux they would get support and the Libre aspect of Linux, but by using Windows 7 they get the benefits of neither, I think its a perfect ironic vignette that the only way to keep windows 7 somewhat usable is via open source software like permits and whatever else nonsense these guys install instead if using Linux or getting a newer version of windows.
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>>108925505
>permits
Spermium
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>>108915805
What do Microsoft updates have to do with safety or security?
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>>108911510
>Is Windows 7 safe for online banking in 2026?
its a waste of hackers time to pwn a single bank account, they are more interested in hacking the bank itself and getting access to all the accounts. Its like if instead of looting the vault, a bank robber just mugged the teller for his pocket change. Like if youre gonna cross that legal line you might as well at least make it worth your while.
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>>108915612
why? because ms told you so? lol
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>>108925188
>and NT Kernel was source available so that you could put Aero or some other minimal desktop on a supported kernel
part of the benefit of Windows is that everyone runs a more or less standard configuration so that developers dont have to worry about people's weird autistic combinations of system components. That's what makes Windows "just werk".
If you want to mix and match everything and create some frankenstein OS then go use Linux.
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>>108925505
>windows 11
>support
lol lmao even
I think most of us have seen microsoft's "support" forums my dude
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>>108924960
>they refuse to switch to Linux because they like proprietary OSes
No, I like software that is unfortunately developed by people who like proprietary OSes. foobar2000, Bulk Rename Utility, paint.net, a few games, various firmware update utilities
I have used Wine recently and no it is not good enough yet. I dont care about works on your machine, it doesnt on mine.
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>>108925828
oh i forgot, 7zip file manager (gui)
i use it for more than just extracting so no the function built into linux file managers is not good enough
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>>108924220
a 2g or 3g phone can be secure in a region that has no 2g or 3g cell towers



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