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« on: June 07, 2019, 05:25 AM »
There are right now hundreds of script kiddies scanning the public address space you are on, looking for any kind of a response. Once a response is found, it triggers whatever exploit kits they have bought or found, which try out every known way to get through software design bugs and into your system. They either want to track your activity and find your banking passwords, encrypt your files and demand payment, and/or drop software on your PC to send porn or mine bitcoins.
If you have any defect, even momentary, in your software protection, and you temporarily leave the door ajar, then you can be a victim. Of course, that might not happen... your system could work perfectly, and MS updates might not have any new defects going forward. Just saw the D-Day programs and I'm thinking of the German fortifications along Normandy, imposing stuff but with persistence you recall it was breached. Script kiddies are very persistent. But you can purchase a cheap router for easily under $50 and that adds another layer of protection, and it is locked down enough to make it quite a bit more difficult to breach.
Just as an aside, I put a modem on my Dad's pc many years ago (probably early 80's), after installing the new thing - a "software firewall" that called itself ZoneAlarm. Even on a 14.4 modem, it took less than 12 minutes for the first intrusion attempt hits to be logged. Don't think for a minute they've stopped.