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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: 1) by nightsky30 on Wednesday March 05 2014, @12:40PM

    by nightsky30 (1818) on Wednesday March 05 2014, @12:40PM (#11294)

    The lentils have marked this as funny, and perhaps it is. But I think this is also a very good idea. The possibility that a box might be a honeypot might cause a would be attacker to think twice before attempting an XP intrusion. Of course this won't stop every attacker. I'm sure some love the challenge and risk. Overall, it might catch a few and deter a few.