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Its not unexpected to be perfectly honest, it is now, a 13 year old OS, just forces some loyal XP users to upgrade, not just in the respect of MSE but the fact they are cutting support across the board.
Read more at: Microsoft Kills Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows XPI think that by now, practically everyone has come to terms with the fact that we have to say goodbye to Windows XP. Starting August 2014, Microsoft will stop all support for Windows XP, forcing existing users to use more updated versions of the OS. Even with the pressure exerted by economic superpower China, it doesn’t look like Windows XP will have a second lease on life.
Microsoft will also stop providing Microsoft Security Essentials for download on Windows XP on this date.
UPDATE:
Microsoft antimalware support for Windows XP
Its not unexpected to be perfectly honest, it is now, a 13 year old OS, just forces some loyal XP users to upgrade, not just in the respect of MSE but the fact they are cutting support across the board.
Especially with elderly users, they wont want to move OS as they are familiar with it and it will probably take then a good while to get familiar with a new OS.
I thought end of support is April 2014.
That article says August 2014.
At the present time most popular AV products support XP, but that won't last. When Microsoft drops support for an OS that tends to act as a signal to software suppliers that they should do the same. But XP is sufficiently popular that some will maintain support. I understand that some AV products still support Windows 2000 and even Windows 98. How effective they are is another matter.
I noticed that too. This article says April,
Security Essentials for Windows XP will die when the OS does | Ars Technica
What do you all consider elderly users?
Their are many quality members on this Forum that have a few decades in front of the keyboard and have no problems trying new things concerning computing.
We also have many younger members that went crazy when Microsoft stated that XP was not going to be supported after date xxxx.
I think the biggest hold back were companies that had a huge amount of computers that would have to have hardware and a operating system upgraded. Huge amounts of time, money and training would have to be spent.
We have all been warned by Microsoft for a very long time this was going to happen. So it's really not new News. It's more like I told you so.
Apologies, i mean for the elderly who dont have a working knowledge of computers, eg the average user.