On 6 Jan 2019 20:10:52 GMT, Frank Slootweg
wrote:

Bill in Co surly_curmudgeon@earthlink wrote:
[...]

99% of the time I'm still
using Windows XP here). I still prefer Windows XP, and will continue to use
Windows XP until I can't any longer. (I imagine that will be when the XP
version browsers for FF and Chrome are no longer usable on the Internet),
but that time hasn't arrived yet. :-)

I assume that you no longer get security updates for your XP system
(i.e. also not by faking that it's 'Windows Embedded Standard 2009' or
'Windows Embedded POSReady 2009').

If you don't get any security updates, then how do you keep your
system 'safe'? Just by using Anti-Virus/Anti-Malware software? Other
means?

I ask this, because in several threads people voice their concerns
about their Windows version nearing the end of its support-lifecycle,
while they don't want to - or cannot - upgrade to a newer version
(especially people not wanting to 'upgrade' to Windows 10).

FWIW, I'm on Windows 8.1 which is in its 'Extended support' phase,
till January 10, 2023, so I still have a few years to go, but Windows 10
is so unappealing/bad, that it's time to think about a Plan B.


As time goes on, the older software becomes much less likely to be
targeted. This is simply because fewer people are using it. I stopped
updating my Win-7 machine years ago, when the automatic push of Win-8
began. Never had a problem. I do use Avast antivirus, Spywareblaster,
the MVPS hosts file and Comodo firewall on that machine. (With the
exception of Comodo, also on the Win-10 machine).

-dan z-


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