Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Hank Rogers Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-10 Subject: Re: Keeping Win 10 safe Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 15:02:58 -0600 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 22:03:07 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="266782b1a94525e31df3d2746ae741fe"; logging-data="3862417"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18dAEohBR2ULif1xKOtNeOe5/Gvlh6nel4=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.21 Cancel-Lock: sha1:SuKROx9lHwbSYHqQquA6EcObgZk= In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-10:181439 Frank Slootweg wrote: > 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. > Yes. I ran win xp for nearly 20 years with no problem.