Yes, Gerald,
I am getting the exact same thing.
You can choose to regard it as scare mongering. While the virus definitions
should keep you fairly protected from spyware, the exploits in the XP system
won't protect you from other security exploits; too many known holes in the
system that hackers are waiting to address. Use at your own peril. I will
probably continue to use my XP machine for some things, almost completely
off-line though.
I guess I regard it as better get off my butt and start transferring all my
stuff to the nice Windows 7 machine I have had waiting around for the last
year. I guess I'm an Xp hold-out although I am real comfortable running Win
7.
I just upgraded a Vista laptop to Win 8, so can't say as much for that
operating system and don't plan on upgrading the other Win 7 machine that I
dedicate to other activities.
The only difficulty I have is trying to network this stuff through my uVerse
router/gateway.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Justice" <ricjust...@jaws-users.com>
To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] MSE Now Flagging My PC Status As "At Risk"
Hi Gerald,
One of my XP machines shows the same,
the other does not because I did not install the update that I posted
about
the other day.
You could click the link and see what Microsoft has to say.
HTH,
Rick Justice
Tomorrow's another day, another way!
and if tomorrow never comes, problem solved!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimi...@verizon.net>
To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 8:53 AM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] MSE Now Flagging My PC Status As "At Risk"
A few days ago, I posted that the Microsoft Security Essentials icon in
the
System Tray of my XP PC was reporting its status as "potentially
unprotected". This morning, after I booted up and checked the System
Tray,
the MSE icon is now reporting my PC status as "At Risk". Here is the
message that is displayed on the MSE Home tab:
PC status: At risk
Support for this operating system has ended, which means Microsoft
Security
Essentials is no longer supported and your PC is at risk. To make
sure your PC stays
protected, click the link below to see our end-of-support guidance for
operating systems.
While it is true that support for XP itself has ended, the XP version of
MSE
continues to function. I successfully updated the database definitions
manually and ran a quick scan to verify this. So if MSE is still working,
then my PC is not really "At Risk", as the System Tray icon reports, and I
can only conclude that this is nothing less than shameless scare mongering
on the part of MS. Contrary to the message above,reliable sources claim
that support for MSE will continue through July, 2015. So what is really
going on? Are any other MSE users who are still running XP also getting
the
"At Risk" icon in their System Tray?
Gerald
?
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