Yes, viruses are still very much around but are old hat. The most
effective ways into your system are your browser and social engineering.
But browser exploits would still like to play havoc with unpatched
system vulnerabilities. If you stay with XP and use the web you will be
in trouble. If you use Internet Explorer with XP you'll be in double
trouble.
Chuck Norcutt
On 2/23/2014 1:33 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Read Chuck's post. It is not just viruses. In a way, the viruses are
> an outdated threat. There are other threats which are patched by the
> provider of the OS. This is what XP will no longer have. And I am
> fairly sure that most businesses will have migrated away from XP by
> the time support is discontinued. We migrated to Windows 7 last year.
> It was a huge effort because we have many legacy bespoke applications
> that needed to be tweaked, but our IT department was definitely not
> going to continue using a non-supported OS.
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> Cheers, Nathan
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> On Feb 23, 2014, at 2:41 AM, Mike Lazzari wrote:
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>> Brian, If it's an older machine as I suspect I wouldn't waste the
>> $$ on a new OS. Just reinstall XP. So what if it isn't "supported".
>> Actually there is a huge installed base that isn't going away
>> anytime soon. XP is a pretty solid OS. For many, especially
>> businesses, the cost of upgrade would be substantial and for little
>> if any return. For that reason I think that there will be a market
>> for anti virus companies to continue security fixes.
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>> However for now spend some money on a new, bigger harddrive now.
>> Save the rest of your money up for a new box and install Win7pro
>> x64 or wait and go with Win9. Skip Win 8. I think it's another
>> Vista.
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>> Once your computer is back up and running and all your applications
>> are re-installed and _before you start using it_ make a clone on
>> the new HD and switch over to it. Save the old drive for
>> emergency.
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