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Safety Off Old Laptop
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Is it still safe to use laptop which is 9 years old and running Windows XP
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Back to Windows XP. If you use Microsoft Security Essentials, the final virus definitions update is July 14 2015 . Be sure to keep Adobe and Java products up to date. The vast majority of viruses which I have seen recently target Internet Browser plug-ins from Adobe or Sun Java or old versions of Adobe PDF reader. If this laptop has been used regularly for 9 years...
14:30 Tue 25th Nov 2014
"It Depends".
If you never connect to the internet you are quite safe.
If you have an up-to-date antivirus program and use an anti-malware program on a regular basis, then you are almost entirely safe on the internet - particularly if you only go to mainstream websites and are careful about what you download.
If you go surfing around the Dark Web with no security in place you will get stuffed.
If you never connect to the internet you are quite safe.
If you have an up-to-date antivirus program and use an anti-malware program on a regular basis, then you are almost entirely safe on the internet - particularly if you only go to mainstream websites and are careful about what you download.
If you go surfing around the Dark Web with no security in place you will get stuffed.
You don't hear of them blowing up or catching fire too often
As others said, with regards to data security it depends on how up to date your AV is.
I'm unsure whether you would get a 'million' updates from MS immediately or whether existing ones are no longer available. I'd suspect a fair old time updating when you first connect to the Net.
Changing OS is all very well but one gets familiar with one, and you'd need confirmation your Windows programmes would run easily on a different OS.
I suspect you may be worrying too much.
As others said, with regards to data security it depends on how up to date your AV is.
I'm unsure whether you would get a 'million' updates from MS immediately or whether existing ones are no longer available. I'd suspect a fair old time updating when you first connect to the Net.
Changing OS is all very well but one gets familiar with one, and you'd need confirmation your Windows programmes would run easily on a different OS.
I suspect you may be worrying too much.
I don't want to bog the thread down with my Linux suggestion but it is very easy to download Ubuntu on to a flash drive or dvd and boot from that. It lets you use it on your pc without affecting XP and it will quickly highlight any conflicts with drivers, etc, although with a 9 year old pc there should be no trouble at all.
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