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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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(Score: 1) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday March 05 2014, @03:17PM
We have an NT4 install at work that runs a sonic welder. It has NEVER been connected to any net, and you have to physically open the electrical cabinet, then access the little mini-tower in order to plug anything into it. It's perfectly secure - or so it seems. It's welded many millions of parts now, and it seems to still be doing the same job it has always done.
I don't know how we got that Windows machine - we have several other welders produced by the same company, all of which run Linux.