ARMOUR Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Third-Party Anti-Virus Starts Displaying Windows XP Upgrade Notifications Microsoft is displaying upgrade notifications on Windows XP machines starting recently, but it turns out that some security applications on the market have also been updated to do the same thing recently.avast! Free Antivirus, which is undoubtedly one of the most popular anti-virus products on the market right now, is showing security warnings in its main screen, recommending users to upgrade their operating systems and browsers in order to be fully secure.“Browser vulnerability! Microsoft says: using Internet Explorer on Windows XP will soon not be safe,” the notification reads.While the text of this warning isn’t exactly accurate (as Microsoft says that Windows XP as a whole won’t be safe and not only Internet Explorer), a link provided next to the notification gets users to the official avast! page that provides more information on the matter.“Protect yourself before it’s too late. 8 April 2014 is approaching,” this website reads.Unsurprisingly, AVAST recommends users to move to Google Chrome if they decide to continue running Windows XP after retirement, which is indeed one of the measures to be a little bit safer on this ancient platform. Google has already promised to continue supporting Windows XP after retirement, so Chrome would indeed be a good choice.SOURCE : SOFTPEDIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
software182 Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Good news for XP User... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackieo Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 I heard that most of the older ATM machines are using XP, so perhaps THATS WHY the pig push from M$ to upgrade... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Win8Lover Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 I would not so worry about XP retirement since using SBIE and not use IE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackchildcx Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 A lot of my friends and family mates r using xp...and they use brain also...think they r safe,too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidnightDistortions Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I heard that most of the older ATM machines are using XP, so perhaps THATS WHY the pig push from M$ to upgrade...Well that and around 30% are still on XP. Honestly i'd like to see what would happen if those 30% plan on staying with XP. People need to see how fragile our system is and how our current economy is preventing our evolution as a species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeowinMOD™ Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Protect yourself before it's too late.That sentence above with Chrome icon there is so hilarious, everybody knows that Chrome is not secure, there's Google surveillance and other stuff, Chromium is a bit more secure because it's a open-source browser which doesn't have Google surveillance behind, at least not so much.I prefer Firefox because they try to make completely plug-in free browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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