Internet Explorer 11 Or Bust! - Comments Page 2

"Switching to Firefox (or Opera, or any other browser) won’t make XP safe."

I find it strange that no mention of PC Matic and PCM Super Shield is mentioned in any of the comments especially when considering ways to mitigate poor security for XP. After all, PC Matic has touted their product as effective security for XP and I have found it so. What say you?

EDITOR'S NOTE: PC Matic's whitelist approach may provide some additional protection for XP users. But if flaws in the operating system are discovered, they may allow for malware to subvert the operation of security software. Here's an XP analogy-- If you're very careful, you can walk through a minefield.

G'day Bob and Readers,

1st of all allow me to agree with the posts by David Guillaume and Dave Roche on the 10th of December, well said Guys, you are in the minority, as I am, when it comes to the scare mongering regarding any past MS OS (Microsoft Operating System) no longer being supported by MS (Microsoft)

I for one don't give a Continental Knack-wurst when I look at my MS DOS 6.22, the MS for Workgroups 3.1 and 3.11, the MS Win 95, MS ME, the MS Win 98, the XP sp3 and sp2 64bit, Vista, Win 7u, Win 8.1, Win 10, Server 2000 sp4, 2003 R2, 2008 R2 and 2012R2 (when I get time I will load 2016) all still working including those no longer supported by MS.
NB: All secured behind Modem and Router Firewalls before you get to the OS's which from Win 95 upwards are secured further by Internet Security Suits and running my own Domain Servers, also secured behind Firewalls and Security Suits for email security scanning before the email client gets to download them firstly scanned by MailWasher Pro and only after detailed scrutiny are then allowed to be downloaded by the email client on the respective OS. If Mail washer Pro is not usable on the lower OS's (before XP) then I have other security measures in place.

As for added protection all lower OS's can be scanned from a Higher OS with the likes of BitDefender Total Security 2015 or 2016, MalwareBytes, and SUPERAntiSpyware where BDTS is the Resident active protection and the other 2 as non resident scanners.

With some now 35+ years in IT and experience with MS OS's and other OS like Linux /Ubuntu, Redhat and Apple Macintosh systems also on my LAN and secured, "Do I look worried ?" about MS support or an invasion from Mars, somehow I don't think so.

Other issue is that of Windows Update on XP ?. To start I don't use Windows Update, I use Microsoft Update which to this day still supports the MS Office updates installed on XP like MS Office 2007 SP3, etc., and having worked out a simple trick, will still give me the security updates which I used last week to service an older customers Laptop using XP sp2 32bit and updated it to sp3 and all critical security and other updates. How I did all this on XP is my business, sorry.

The if you need support for MS OS's, download AutoPatcher "http://www.autopatcher.net/forum/viewforum.php?f=3&sid=3457bd635843b6a8e450772c237c0d88" the latest version, install it on a Service Workstation which is accessible on your LAN, then run the "AutoPatcher.exe" agree to the 2 End User License agreements and run the "Download Updates" all of them until you have theme all. Keep the master on the workstation and copy the whole AutoPatcher folder on a USB stick (8.36 GB (8,981,749,760 bytes)) obviously a 16GB USB 3.0 stick, to use on Computers that need servicing updating.

Then there is the EDITOR'S NOTE: " ... But if flaws in the operating system are discovered, they may allow for malware to subvert the operation of security software. Here's an XP analogy-- If you're very careful, you can walk through a minefield."
My comment on this, "Bob if this is your EDITOR'S NOTE:" then you should have known better, shame on you, as this applies to any and all OS's at any time and not just XP !

As for the Browser on XP, use Firefox it is better than IE 8 or other IE's released by MS.

As it stands the Pope is going to canonize the IE's and MS OS's as the are so holey and have more holes in them that they are the most flawed products on this Planet, yet made Bill Gates the richest man on the World.

So much for my rant on this Topic. Have fun computing.

Regards
Roger Hass / PC-Bug Fixer / Sydney, Australia.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Hi Roger, your IT skills are obviously far beyond most typical home users. I don't think too many people would go to such extremes to continue using XP. Regarding your "shame on me" -- the difference is that if such a vulnerability is found in a current OS, it will be fixed and patched. Not so for XP.