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Yesterday Microsoft ended support for Windows XP. While many users and even businesses continue to cling to the venerable OS there will be no further security updates and even with active anti-virus and malware protection, many users will be left unsecure reports the LA Times and various other news outlets.
There are some exceptions for the right customers.
The UK and Dutch governments have paid Microsoft multiple millions to extend support for Windows XP past the 8 April cutoff date.
The UK extension cost £5.5m but is only valid for a year, after which public-sector users will have to be moved to newer software.
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(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Wednesday April 09 2014, @01:50PM
Hopefully the ISPs will wise up and block customers whose machines are hosting malware.
(Score: 1) by archshade on Wednesday April 09 2014, @03:20PM
I hope not, the relationship I want with my ISP is I give them money*, and in return they carry packets between me and the person there addressed to. I don't want them to look at the content. I do not want them to work out what is important. I don't want them to mirror a site for me. I just want them to move the data backward and forward. There is no reason to expect them to look at anything but the to address. If they are scanning for bad packets coming from infected hosts, then they must be scanning good traffic (until they do they don't know if the traffic is good or bad).
*Actually I do not want to give them money but there not going to do there bit if I don't
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Wednesday April 09 2014, @03:41PM
If you're engaged in illegal acts, the ISP has not only the right but the responsibility to block you. Taking part in a DDOS is absolutely a crime.
(Score: 2) by hamsterdan on Wednesday April 09 2014, @07:04PM
"If they are scanning for bad packets coming from infected hosts, then they must be scanning good traffic (until they do they don't know if the traffic is good or bad). "
Not how it works. Your ISP will call you when they receive a complaint about your IP address. If they can't reach you, they will cutoff the modem until you call back.
(Score: 2) by Foobar Bazbot on Wednesday April 09 2014, @09:51PM
I see what you did their.