Comments on: Reminder: Microsoft Ends Support for Windows XP April 8th, 2014 https://www.emsisoft.com/en/blog/6067/reminder-microsoft-ends-support-for-windows-xp-april-8th-2014/ Straight-talking security advice from the Malware Experts Fri, 18 Nov 2022 12:10:50 +0000 hourly 1 By: PlayStation 4 https://www.emsisoft.com/en/blog/6067/reminder-microsoft-ends-support-for-windows-xp-april-8th-2014/#comment-788546 Tue, 15 Aug 2017 15:58:46 +0000 http://blog.emsisoft.com/?p=6067#comment-788546 PlayStation 4

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]]> By: Legend https://www.emsisoft.com/en/blog/6067/reminder-microsoft-ends-support-for-windows-xp-april-8th-2014/#comment-17864 Tue, 08 Apr 2014 07:49:00 +0000 http://blog.emsisoft.com/?p=6067#comment-17864 The most worrying part is that, many companies and state agencies , still dont have a plan for a transition from the old xp to a newer and more secure platform. That will leave, as you write, a huge window open for user attacks, and for the more serevere dedicated spear attacks. One of the argument for not shifting over to e.g. windows 7 that I often hear, is that so many special dedicated programs is special build for xp, and that they fear for compatibility issues will bring down their systems, and thereby losing lost revenue. An argument that I don’t understand. If they are truly hit by malware, let say cryptolocker, then they will loose more than a day of revenue. Those companies are playing a dangerous game of russian roulette.

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