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posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday March 05 2014, @07:30AM   Printer-friendly
from the unplugging-the-network-cable dept.

Appalbarry writes:

"Microsoft is about to abandon Windows XP to the wolves. Fair enough it's ancient. However, there are still going to be a lot of XP boxes out there, and a fair number of them are unlikely to ever get upgraded until the hardware dies.

My question is: what's available to help make this old OS stay reasonably secure and safe for the people who can't or won't abandon it?

Over the years I've been through Central Point Antivirus, Norton, McAfee, AVG, stuff like Zone Alarm, and of course the various Microsoft anti-malware offerings. But since moving over to Linux I really haven't kept up on the wild and wonderful world of Windows security tools.

Suggestions?"

 
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  • (Score: 0) by crutchy on Wednesday March 05 2014, @07:44AM

    by crutchy (179) on Wednesday March 05 2014, @07:44AM (#11208) Homepage Journal

    hosts file*

    (c) apk

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 05 2014, @07:59AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 05 2014, @07:59AM (#11212)

    Spybot Destroyer Pro Platinum Gold PLUS AVG Silver Platinum Virus Buster Gold, PLUS Norton's Extra Security Privacy Plus Iron Lock Trojan Killer. I could go on...

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 05 2014, @01:34PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 05 2014, @01:34PM (#11311)

    Care to explain the joke? I know what the host file is and how to use it. But the joke is not there for me.

    • (Score: 3, Informative) by Bokononist on Wednesday March 05 2014, @02:48PM

      by Bokononist (3013) on Wednesday March 05 2014, @02:48PM (#11342)

      apk was a troll on Slashdot for a few months, he used to write ridiculously long posts extolling the great virtues of hosts files and the endless good that they could do. He would copy and paste each post he made and add a few sentences at a time until his posts were insanely long. The apk jokes are based around relief that he finally went away I think.

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      • (Score: 2) by ticho on Wednesday March 05 2014, @03:23PM

        by ticho (89) on Wednesday March 05 2014, @03:23PM (#11359) Homepage Journal

        Months? Try years. Or was it really just months that seemed like years, thanks to all the scrolling past APK's posts?

      • (Score: 2, Informative) by cwix on Wednesday March 05 2014, @04:41PM

        by cwix (873) on Wednesday March 05 2014, @04:41PM (#11392)

        Be careful using his name. He is like beatleguise. If you say his name three times in one post he shows up.

      • (Score: 1) by basecase on Thursday March 06 2014, @06:48PM

        by basecase (1952) on Thursday March 06 2014, @06:48PM (#12121)

        Jeremiah Cornielius

  • (Score: 1) by gottabeme on Thursday March 06 2014, @06:49PM

    by gottabeme (1531) on Thursday March 06 2014, @06:49PM (#12122)

    Nooo!! Don't summon him!!! This is our chance to start over!! With a new tr--I mean, without him!!!