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Title    Keeping XP Secure
Date    Wednesday March 05 2014, @03:30AM
Author    LaminatorX
Topic   
from the unplugging-the-network-cable dept.
https://dev.soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/03/05/0453250

Appalbarry writes:

"Microsoft is about to abandon Windows XP to the wolves. Fair enough it's ancient. However, there are still going to be a lot of XP boxes out there, and a fair number of them are unlikely to ever get upgraded until the hardware dies.

My question is: what's available to help make this old OS stay reasonably secure and safe for the people who can't or won't abandon it?

Over the years I've been through Central Point Antivirus, Norton, McAfee, AVG, stuff like Zone Alarm, and of course the various Microsoft anti-malware offerings. But since moving over to Linux I really haven't kept up on the wild and wonderful world of Windows security tools.

Suggestions?"

Links

  1. "abandon Windows XP" - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/04/windows_xp_end_of_life_warning/
  2. "Central Point Antivirus," - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Point_Anti-Virus
  3. "Zone Alarm," - http://www.zonealarm.com/

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