[Elecraft] XP and other Vintage Operating Systems

[Arlen Fletcher]

Actually, the bad guys use the XP systems as a foothold from which to launch further incursions. And, unfortunately, Anti-Virus (AV) solutions are not terribly useful anymore. With more than 10,000 new virus signatures being logged per hour by the AV vendors, they just can’t keep up. Signature-based AV just isn't viable in today's threat landscape where all it takes is a mouse-click to create an essentially undetectable piece of malware. 

Having said that, I plan to continue to run an XP system for awhile, but it won’t have Internet connectivity, and I don’t plan to transfer files/data to/from it on USB or any other media.

73

Arlen Fletcher, AA7F

On Mar 31, 2014, at 08:36 AM, WILLIS COOKE <wrcooke at yahoo.com> wrote:

It may be worth mentioning that running XP for such Internet Applications like Telnet, Email and downloading Logger Software are not as riskey as banking, investments and other business where the hackers can really find something.  Also, just because Microsoft will no longer issue service packs, it does not mean that protection from Anti-Virus and other protection vendors will go away.  If you were a hacker, would you attack 15 year old systems or the latest Win 7 and Win 8 systems where the money applications live?
 
Willis 'Cookie' Cooke, TDXS DX Chairman
K5EWJ & Trustee N5BPS, USS Cavalla, USS Stewart
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