Since January 10, 2023, the date when Windows 7 reached its complete end of life and stopped receiving security updates, I can only advise against using it if it is connected to the Internet. It has become an easy target for hackers.
For the WhaleVault extension, did you get it from the Google Chrome store or Firefox store? You can find the official links on their public Github repo 👉 https://github.com/alexpmorris/WhaleVault
To tell the truth, I have been working with PCs for many years and I never believed much in Microsoft updates. Nobody doubts that behind each new operating system and the elimination of support for others there is only big business. I think XP and Windows have been by far the best Windows operating systems and so far I haven't had any problems. Hacker attacks also depend a lot on ourselves and the measures we take on our PC. On the other hand, my PC does not support Win 10/11
In short, opinions are opinions, greetings and congratulations for the work carried out at BLURT.
Regarding where I tried to download WhaleVault, it is as a Chrome or Firefox extension (I use both browsers) from their respective official pages.
I'm a Windows user from before Windows itself! 🤣 I used MS-DOS on my i386 SX 25MHz computer in 1988 when I was 16. Yep, the most stable of all was Windows XP, there's no doubt about it. Everyone is free to do as they please with their home computer; it was just a message of prevention. Yes, by taking adequate measures to restrict and control what goes in and out through the network, you can minimize risks.
So, it's strange about the message when installing WhaleVault. I didn't have this error. Maybe @alexpmorris can tell you more about this?
I'm going to try installing it from GitHub. I already downloaded it to the PC. I have also been using Linux for a lifetime. I lived in Italy when the first Ubuntu came out back in 2004.
By the way, I see that you were born in 1972. In that year I entered the University to study Economic Sciences. Do the math.
Obviously I have also used Windows with a 386 and DOS as the operating system. You worked only with the sursor up, down and to the sides. The windows of the current windows were not yet known. They appear in 95.
I remember that in DOS they had a game called Carmen San Diego and to guess where it was going you had to know the color of the flags on the plane. What a story!
Yep, born in the year of pong game hahaha.
My worst memory with i386 was having to manually find the right IRQ pin position on the motherboard to avoid IRQ errors when adding new peripherals. But what a funny time, you bought a peripheral and a month later it was obsolete.
I also remember Carmen San Diego, but I can't remember whether I played it on my PC or on my Atari ST 520, which I had before my PC.