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This meme shows a sequence where a person sitting in a car spots a figure running enthusiastically toward them from a distance. The runner sprints at full speed directly to the car, then aggressively confronts the person from the vehicle. The recurring caption above the footage reads "Hackers when Windows 10 stopped receiving security patches:". The joke satirizes the impact of Microsoft ending security update support for the Windows 10 operating system: once official patches stop, unpatched Windows 10 devices will have unaddressed security vulnerabilities, making them extremely valuable targets for hackers, who are portrayed as the over-eager runner rushing to exploit these newly exposed insecure systems.
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Overview

This meme shows a sequence where a person sitting in a car spots a figure running enthusiastically toward them from a distance. The runner sprints at full speed directly to the car, then aggressively confronts the person from the vehicle. The recurring caption above the footage reads "Hackers when Windows 10 stopped receiving security patches:". The joke satirizes the impact of Microsoft ending security update support for the Windows 10 operating system: once official patches stop, unpatched Windows 10 devices will have unaddressed security vulnerabilities, making them extremely valuable targets for hackers, who are portrayed as the over-eager runner rushing to exploit these newly exposed insecure systems.

Origin notes

This meme is sourced via RSS from the r/Meme subreddit on Reddit. It repurposes a famous widely shared scene from the 2023 live-action film Saltburn, a common source for viral meme formats. The edit was created using the Kapwing online video editor, as shown by the repeated Kapwing watermarks on the content. It references the highly publicized end of security support for Windows 10, scheduled for October 2025, a widely discussed event in global tech and cybersecurity communities.

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