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Microsoft returns to scare tactic well in dump-XP campaign


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Microsoft yesterday pulled out a fear-of-God approach to scare users into dumping Windows XP, telling them that the most popular tasks done on a PC will put them in the crosshairs of cyber criminals.

From Computerworld:

While the advice wasn't this specific, it amounted to telling customers to switch off their older PCs and never turn them back on.

The Tuesday post by Tim Rains, director of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing group, was similar in theme but more urgent in tone than one he wrote last October when he said that after April 8, the chance that malware will infect XP PCs could jump by two-thirds.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247207/Microsoft_returns_to_scare_tactic_well_in_dump_XP_campaign

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MSFT are firm believers in FEAR MOTIVATION... :rolleyes:

They better relent or go bankrupt ... :)

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