Re: security with XP

From	"Max" <max@val.morgan>
Newsgroups	aus.computers
Subject	Re: security with XP
Date	2015-07-15 10:31 +0800
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
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"Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:d0lblhFh9amU1@mid.individual.net...
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> "Max" <max@val.morgan> wrote in message 
> news:mo203j$vdr$1@speranza.aioe.org...
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>> "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> wrote in message 
>> news:d0ikv9Fqlh5U1@mid.individual.net...
>>> Max <max@val.morgan> wrote
>>>> Even with a third party security product (eg. McAfee) XP should not be 
>>>> used because it doesn't get Windows updates anymore.
>>>
>>>> Is the above correct?
>>>
>>> Nope.
>>
>> Not according to this: 
>> http://blogs.microsoft.com/cybertrust/2013/08/15/the-risk-of-running-windows-xp-after-support-ends-april-2014/
>
> I wasn't talking about when support ends, I was talking
> about whether that is a good reason to not use XP. It isn't.
>

What about XP not getting updates anymore?  That is a security risk which is 
not avoided by third party anti-virus products.  That's what the article 
talks about.


> And that question of when support ends is more
> complicated than that article states anyway.
>
>>> It continues to work fine. But Win7 is much better.
>
>> Shame that Win 7 is soon to be an obsolete OS.
>
> Irrelevant to whether it is the best to use currently.

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Re: security with XP "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-14 06:21 +1000
  Re: security with XP "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2015-07-14 11:36 +0800
    Re: security with XP "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2015-07-14 14:45 +1000
    Re: security with XP Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-14 19:27 +0000
      Re: security with XP Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2015-07-15 09:59 +1000
        Re: security with XP "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-15 10:58 +1000
    Re: security with XP "Max" <max@val.morgan> - 2015-07-15 10:31 +0800
      Re: security with XP "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-15 15:52 +1000
      Re: security with XP "jonz" <me@there.com> - 2015-07-27 14:50 +1000
        Re: security with XP "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2015-07-27 14:53 +1000
          Re: security with XP "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-27 15:12 +1000
            Re: security with XP "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2015-07-27 20:22 +1000
              Re: security with XP "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2015-07-28 07:23 +1000
                Re: security with XP "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-28 08:28 +1000
                Re: security with XP "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2015-07-28 09:22 +1000
                Re: security with XP "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-28 09:28 +1000
                Re: security with XP "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2015-07-28 11:42 +1000
                Re: security with XP "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 17:35 +1000
                Re: security with XP "SG1" <lost@the.races.com> - 2015-07-30 19:36 +1000
                Re: security with XP "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-31 07:17 +1000
    Re: security with XP "Damian" <damian_andrews75@yahoo.com.au> - 2015-07-15 19:38 +1000
      Re: security with XP Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-15 17:52 +0000
        Re: security with XP not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2015-07-15 23:34 +0000
          Re: security with XP Max <max@val.morgan> - 2015-07-16 18:08 +0800
            Re: security with XP Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-16 19:48 +0000
            Re: security with XP "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-17 06:11 +1000
        Re: security with XP Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-16 19:45 +0000
        Re: security with XP bruce56@topmail.co.nz - 2015-07-30 17:11 -0700
      Re: security with XP "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-16 04:41 +1000
        Re: security with XP Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-15 18:52 +0000
          Re: security with XP "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-16 10:30 +1000
          Re: security with XP F Murtz <haggisz@hotmail.com> - 2015-07-18 20:53 +1000
            Re: security with XP Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-07-18 19:40 +0000
              Re: security with XP "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-07-19 07:24 +1000

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