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Re: Windows Defender Security After October

Date 2025-08-13 20:38 +0200
Subject Re: Windows Defender Security After October
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 8/11/2025 6:37 PM, Bill Bradshaw wrote:
> After using Windows 11 on a new mini computer I am worried about upgrading
> some of my windows 10 computers to 11. If you go through some contortions MS
> is going to provide defender upgrades but it appears you also have to have
> Microsoft accounts rather than local accounts.  Why not forget defender and
> go to a commercial antivirus?  So I would have pay for a license but that I
> am not concerned about that.
> 
> <Bill>
> 
> 
Your Windows will not be patched anymore, this is not the same as 
dropping defender updates, they will likely continue, at least until IOT 
Enterprise 2021 runs out of support.
FWIW, defender still is updated on Windows 8.1 today, more than 2.5 
years after W8 EOL.

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Windows Defender Security After October "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net> - 2025-08-11 08:37 -0800
  Re: Windows Defender Security After October VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-08-11 12:12 -0500
    Re: Windows Defender Security After October Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-11 19:17 +0000
      Re: Windows Defender Security After October Paul in Houston TX <Paul@Houston.Texas> - 2025-08-11 18:47 -0500
        Re: Windows Defender Security After October Joerg Walther <joerg.walther@magenta.de> - 2025-08-12 11:44 +0200
          Re: Windows Defender Security After October Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-12 16:58 +0000
            Re: Windows Defender Security After October Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-12 18:37 -0400
            Re: Windows Defender Security After October wasbit <wasbit@REMOVEhotmail.com> - 2025-08-13 09:15 +0100
              Re: Windows Defender Security After October Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-13 21:21 +0000
                Re: Windows Defender Security After October Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2025-08-13 19:14 -0500
      Re: Windows Defender Security After October "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-12 21:22 +0200
    Re: Windows Defender Security After October mick <nospam@junk.mail> - 2025-08-11 20:46 +0100
      Re: Windows Defender Security After October VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-08-11 19:47 -0500
      Re: Windows Defender Security After October wasbit <wasbit@REMOVEhotmail.com> - 2025-08-12 09:32 +0100
  Re: Windows Defender Security After October Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-11 17:24 -0400
    Re: Windows Defender Security After October VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-08-11 19:59 -0500
      Re: Windows Defender Security After October Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-12 01:39 -0400
        Re: Windows Defender Security After October wasbit <wasbit@REMOVEhotmail.com> - 2025-08-12 09:41 +0100
        Re: Windows Defender Security After October VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-08-12 12:49 -0500
      Re: Windows Defender Security After October Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-12 01:51 -0400
        Re: Windows Defender Security After October VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-08-12 13:08 -0500
  Re: Windows Defender Security After October Windows 11 User <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-12 00:01 +0000
  Re: Windows Defender Security After October knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-08-11 21:06 -0400
    Re: Windows Defender Security After October "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-08-12 02:15 +0100
    Re: Windows Defender Security After October Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-12 02:13 -0400
  Re: Windows Defender Security After October Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-08-13 06:34 +0000
    Re: Windows Defender Security After October Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-13 02:48 -0400
      Re: Windows Defender Security After October "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-08-13 12:04 +0100
  Re: Windows Defender Security After October dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2025-08-13 20:38 +0200
    Re: Windows Defender Security After October Bloody Microshit <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-14 00:33 +0100

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