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Re: Keeping Win 10 safe

From Head of Cyber Security <security@cyber-security.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject Re: Keeping Win 10 safe
Date 2025-01-17 01:17 +0000
Organization To protect and to server
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On 16/01/2025 18:13, 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?

If you want to continue using Windows 10 then why are you asking about 
security here?

When support ends, so does the security requirement. If you are 
worried about security then you have to upgrade the operating system or 
use something else that can continue to protect you.

Frankly your question is daft for a public newsgroup such as this one. 
Norton is not free and for AVG you need to ask them if they will 
continue supporting Windows 10. Probably they will because you are the 
type of person they need to use their products. Sane people have stopped 
using third-party anti-virus products so there is a niche market for 
them to serve people like you.

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Keeping Win 10 safe Bennett Price <bjprice@cal.berkeley.edu> - 2025-01-16 10:13 -0800
  Re: Keeping Win 10 safe Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-16 18:57 +0000
    Re: Keeping Win 10 safe Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2025-01-16 15:02 -0600
    Re: Keeping Win 10 safe Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2025-01-17 07:31 +0200
      Re: Keeping Win 10 safe "Thomk" <thmk@aol.com> - 2025-03-06 15:03 +0200
  Re: Keeping Win 10 safe Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-16 17:20 -0500
    Re: Keeping Win 10 safe "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-16 23:37 +0100
  Re: Keeping Win 10 safe Head of Cyber Security <security@cyber-security.com> - 2025-01-17 01:17 +0000
  Re: Keeping Win 10 safe Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-01-17 08:55 -0500

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