On 14/02/14 21:40, bfoman wrote: > ape wrote >> Hi Pedro! >> I have good news about Windows XP: >> http://www.ubuntukylin.com/news/shownews.php?lang=en&id=191 >> Microsoft announced to extend deadline of Windows XP security update >> Service to July 14, 2015: >> News from Microsoft and other majority of IT media: Windows XP security >> update service will prolong from the original April 8, 2014 to July 14, >> 2015. This means that individuals and business users who intend to replace >> the Windows XP operating system products have 15 months to to prepare. >> ape > > Hi! > Not quite so. Couldn't open your link, but this one is more official - > https://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2014/01/15/microsoft-antimalware-support-for-windows-xp.aspx. > So, April 8, 2014 still stays as the final day of support for Windows XP - > after that date there won't be any security updates, patches or hotfixes for > the system vulnerabilities. July 14, 2015 is the final date for Microsoft > Security Essentials antimalware software updates. > I wouldn't be so optimistic for using and supporting Windows XP after April > 8, as any 0-day security issue probably won't be fixed by MS.
... especially since the April 8 EOL date has been announced a long time ago, so it can reasonably be assumed that the bad guys are already sitting on an arsenal of 0-day exploits that they will unleash once they are confident that MSFT won't fix the exploited bugs any more ... _______________________________________________ List Name: Libreoffice-qa mailing list Mail address: Libreoffice-qa@lists.freedesktop.org Change settings: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-qa Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice-qa/
