Windows XP will NOT be supported after April 9, 2014!! READ!! 1. If a relative or friend of yours is still running Windows XP on April 9th, what advice would you give them? Upgrade if at all possible. (to 8.1) – Leo Notenboom Think of XP like an old car that’s slowly rusting. Users may think they can get by with XP even after support ends, as long as they have an anti-virus or firewall program. That’s as dangerous as thinking that you can drive on bald tires or squealing brakes. Remember, the bad guys have had their sights set on April 9th, 2014 for a long time. As soon as Microsoft drops support, they’ll start releasing their own “updates” by using vulnerabilities they have discovered, but have not yet exploited. From the cyber-criminal’s perspective, it would be stupid to make public an exploit now, when there’s a chance that Microsoft might still release a fix or patch for it. Many of these exploits, such as security holes in browsers, or buffer overrun issues in Windows components, can’t be mitigated by your anti-virus or firewall protection. So it’s a matter of WHEN you will have a serious problem, not if. There’s only one exception. Let’s say you have an XP system that’s NOT connected to the Internet — perhaps it sits it a corner and is only used for word processing, or video games, or a legacy database program. If you have a really good reason for not wanting to upgrade, there’s not so much urgency to do so, because almost all of the dangers involved come from the online world. But you’ll still have to deal with the possiblity of a virus infection that enters via an infected flash drive or CDROM. – Bob Rankin I would reply that anyone still using a PC that came with Windows XP installed is very, very old, and while it may serve their needs, an OS upgrade on such old hardware would not beneficial, if it even works at all. Given the price of a new PC (especially compared to what one would have cost back in XP’s heyday) and all the added features and apps available, it is time for a new PC in my opinion. –James Fisher | WindowsTalk.org
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 18:38:12 +0000
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