Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Frank Slootweg Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10 Subject: Re: Keeping Win 10 safe Date: 16 Jan 2025 18:57:58 GMT Organization: NOYB Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net o8AxZhUPpXkLP8RG0t0l7wYUvlN2Gjy/26+c5D+5b/TOULN/Ur X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:TB7guh62hs24WZznfBj0KnkyAhs= sha256:cNP5iZl0iFVfnaPQQsLtvmz78PuLUZJ4SArdL+0u2Rg= User-Agent: tin/1.6.2-20030910 ("Pabbay") (UNIX) (CYGWIN_NT-10.0-WOW/2.8.0(0.309/5/3) (i686)) Hamster/2.0.2.2 Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-10:181435 Bennett Price wrote: > I know that there are workarounds to install Win 11 on older machines. > What I'm wondering about is whether installing aftermarket virus > software (Norton, AVG, etc.) would keep Win 10 safe after MS stops > supporting it. Clearly, Win 10 won't get patches to Notepad, Snipping > Tool, etc. but would anti-virus software keep Win 10 safe from malware > on the internet? > > What support that MS will stop providing can't be provided by > aftermarket software? Obviously: Security fixes. Whether that is a problem if you practice safe hex, is another matter. But it is a risk you can't mitigate with additional software. FYI, there are several people in these Windows newsgroups who still run Windows XP and 7 (and probably some running 8.1 and even Vista) and who get by with practicing safe hex and optional malware protection.