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LaminatorX
on Wednesday March 05 2014, @07:30AM
from the unplugging-the-network-cable dept.
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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Everything you know is wrong!
(Score: 1) by GeminiDomino on Wednesday March 05 2014, @02:23PM
Of course if he was browsing porn sites or installing software on a whim then this could be a totally different story. But for your average user, educated on not downloading toolbars, installing software to find mp3's etc I see no problem with using XP.
Your "average user" is more likely going to be the one "browsing porn sites or installing software on a whim" than the one for whom "educated on not downloading toolbars, installing software to find mp3's etc" takes hold.
"We've been attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of our culture"
(Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday March 05 2014, @06:55PM
It depends on personal perception. Is your average user my mother in law, or a teenage boy?
(Score: 1) by GeminiDomino on Wednesday March 05 2014, @08:41PM
Personal anecdotal evidence says: your mother-in-law. The teenage boys probably aren't on XP anymore unless they're on their grandmother's computers now. :)
Still, when it comes to solutions, you have to develop for the X factor. "Education" didn't cut it for the past 13 years, why would it work now?
"We've been attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of our culture"