So it'd be a very good idea to avoid using any machines still running it for online banking, shopping or email (which shopping sites are usually linked to) -- antivirus and firewalls alone won't be enough.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows ... pport.aspx
Now's the time to stage interventions with people who aren't aware of this sort of stuff.
You probably already know, but Windows XP goes out of support on April 8th
This will be the ultimate nightmare project to complete:
http://www.neowin.net/news/uk-governmen ... xp-support
Interventions should have started months if not longer ago. At work, we spent the last year phasing out XP boxes. After a year of new machines setups and OS upgrades, we finished yesterday beating out the deadline.
I never realized how deeply embedded it was through out the various academic units until faced with the challenge of clearing it up.
http://www.neowin.net/news/uk-governmen ... xp-support
Interventions should have started months if not longer ago. At work, we spent the last year phasing out XP boxes. After a year of new machines setups and OS upgrades, we finished yesterday beating out the deadline.
I never realized how deeply embedded it was through out the various academic units until faced with the challenge of clearing it up.
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I think we've got to assume any WinMe boxes collapsed under the weight of malware whilst that OS was still in support, TBH.
Mood music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Sf4ryFP7w When the fires of hell see the world ignite / Gonna light the cigar I've been waiting to light --Ginger
A few weeks ago most machines at [unspecified public sector organisation] were XP and I wouldn't expect that to have all been sorted by the 8th; the driver will be PSN re-inspection rather than the MS support cut-off date. Couple that with extremely outdated browser plugins and a reluctance to disable software execution from user profile folders because of the support overhead, and there are a few major ransomware-or-worse incidents waiting to happen.
Mood music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Sf4ryFP7w When the fires of hell see the world ignite / Gonna light the cigar I've been waiting to light --Ginger
I'd be surprised if much changes for them this year -- the cost is a pittance compared to the time investment in replacing ordinary kit, nevermind stuff that's XP-specific. Depends what they can negotiate for the following period.Jim wrote:This will be the ultimate nightmare project to complete:
A few weeks ago most machines at [unspecified public sector organisation] were XP and I wouldn't expect that to have all been sorted by the 8th; the driver will be PSN re-inspection rather than the MS support cut-off date. Couple that with extremely outdated browser plugins and a reluctance to disable software execution from user profile folders because of the support overhead, and there are a few major ransomware-or-worse incidents waiting to happen.