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Old January 8th 19, 10:57 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Stan Brown
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Default How to (safely) run Out-of-Support Windows versions? (was: references for changing to Win7 from XP?)

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

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?


* Everybody thinks it's equivalent to wearing a tinfoil that, but
I do nearly all my web surfing without Javascript. (Only my
banks and Amazon regularly require it.)

* Flash is in "click to enable, every time" mode in my browser.

* AdBlock Plus prevents injected ads from being seen, let alone
executing malicious code.

* I have antivirus running in "real-time protection mode", and in
addition I do a Malwarebytes scan at frequent intervals.
Malwarebytes occasionally finds a false positive, but neither
one has ever found a real positive.

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