Comment Unpatched (Score 1) 183
In about 2000, my "idiot brother" bought a brand new computer. Three years later, he finally got internet service. So his computer had no updates and the free anti-virus had expired in those 3 years. How long did it last when connected? 8 days. Just over a week after getting internet service, the machine was so badly infected it could no longer boot. (He gave it to me, I wiped the drive and installed an up to date L8nux, and used it for 4 more years.)
If your computer is unpatched, there is no safe way to connect it to the internet. End of story.
If your computer is unpatched, there is no safe way to connect it to the internet. End of story.