Windows XP lives on: Avast survey shows 27 percent of its XP users...
Windows XP lives on: Avast survey shows 27 percent of its XP users...
Posted: 17 Apr 2014
Windows XP lives on: Avast survey shows 27 percent of its XP users don't plan to switch
Microsoft may have ended support for Windows XP, but free antivirus software vendor Avast projects that for millions of users, that won’t mean squat.
Avast had previously reported that 23.6 percent of its users were still running Windows XP. In the days before Microsoft ended support of Windows XP on April 8, Avast surveyed close to 165,000 of those users. The results, released in in a blog post on Monday, indicate that 27 percent of Avast’s Windows XP users don’t plan on doing anything, even though Windows XP systems are theoretically vulnerable to attack from hitherto unreported vulnerabilities.
Avast itself has reported that Windows XP users are attacked several times more frequently than those running Windows 7.
I have an XP OS on my multi-boot Test box.
I've been waiting SOOOO LOONG to get rid of it, just to reduce my "Monthly maintenance time".
I only kept it to help some people that were still using XP, and asked me for help.
It was nice if I could test something on my test box, before I changed their PC.
Everyone I personally help is off XP now :)
Now I'm wondering if I should just leave the OS "installed as-is", and not use it.
Wait to see what really happens with all the folks that do use it "daily".
I've read some other threads here where people are using OLDER versions of Win such as 98, ME, 3.1, ... for whatever reason.
If this old Test Box (and me) is still kicking 10 years from now, it might be a nostalgic moment for me to see XP
Ironically enough, I actually nuked Avast off my P4 Windows XP machine when I performed its final Windows Update routine last week. Avast kept complaining about WU trying to do things, and that combined with its already annoying performance just convinced me to finally drop the anvil and nuke it.
Haven't installed a replacement yet, but seeing as I don't get any viruses anyway I doubt I'll actually look into it any further.
Since a lot of large organizations have elected to pay for continued XP support, I predict that the post 'end of support' XP security patches will get leaked to torrent + warez sites, thus enabling XP use for a few more years. I guess this will be balanced by a rash of 'click here to update XP' malware ads.
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: self build OS: Windows 7 pro x64 SP1 CPU: Intel i7-2600k o/c to 4.6GHz Motherboard: MSI Z68-GD80 Memory: 8GB Mushkin 1866MHz Graphics Card: Nvidia GTX 750 Ti 2GB Sound Card: integrated Monitor(s) Displays: Liyama ProLite 27" Screen Resolution: 1920*1080 px PSU: Coolermaster GX 750W Case: Antec 300 case + 5 fans Cooling: Dark Rock Pro Hard Drives: Seagate 2TB Internet Speed: 62Mbit down 18Mbit up Browser: Firefox Antivirus: MSE Other Info: Blackgold BGT3650 Quad HD TV card. Also have various 3770 + 4770K render boxes.
Since a lot of large organizations have elected to pay for continued XP support, I predict that the post 'end of support' XP security patches will get leaked to torrent + warez sites, thus enabling XP use for a few more years. I guess this will be balanced by a rash of 'click here to update XP' malware ads.
Yes, I wondered at the time how organisations paying for continued support will actually be supplied with these updates. What seems a certainty (to me) is that if they do appear on unauthorised sites then they would be an easy target to add malware to them......
Computer Type: Laptop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Dell OS: Windows 7 Professional x64 CPU: Intel Core i5 2430M (2.4GHz) Memory: 4096Mb 1333Mhz DDR3 SDRAM Graphics Card: Intel Integrated HD Monitor(s) Displays: 17.3 Inch HD Anti Glare Screen Resolution: 1600 x 900 Keyboard: Illuminated standard Mouse: Microsoft 3500 Hard Drives: 320Gb 7200rpm serial ATA Internet Speed: 40Mb Browser: IE11 x64 Antivirus: Security Essentials
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Custom built, several laptops HP/ASUS OS: Linux CENTOS 7 / various Windows OS'es and servers CPU: Intel i7 Intel i5 Memory: 8GB, 16GB Graphics Card: On Motherboard Sound Card: Realtek HD audio Monitor(s) Displays: Apple Cinema display, Samsung LCD Screen Resolution: 1920 X 1080 Mouse: Toshiba wireless laser Hard Drives: 4 X 1TB SATA Internet Speed: > 20MB up
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Assembled Desktop PC OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit Build 7600 CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core CPU @ 2.7 Ghz (Brisbane) Motherboard: PCChips A13G+ v3.0 Memory: 2x2 GB DDR2 PC-5300 (667 Mhz) Kingston ValueRAM Graphics Card: XFX ATI Radeon HD 4350 GPU (512 MB + 512 MB HM) Sound Card: Realtek High Definition Audio Driver ALC660 @ MCP61S Monitor(s) Displays: HP S2031 20" LED HD Widescreen Display Monitor Screen Resolution: 1600 x 900 px Keyboard: Green Leaf (Mitzu) Standard Keyboard Mouse: Microsoft USB Lasser Pointing Device PSU: Pixxo Transformer 850W 80+ Certification PSU Case: Compaq 5BW353 Case Cooling: Many solutions, see other info... Hard Drives: Maxtor Diamond Max 10 (160 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II Hard Disk)
Western Digital Scorpion Blue (250 GB, 5400 RPM, SATA-II External Hard Disk - Personal Data)
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 (500 GB, 5400 RPM, SATA-II External Hard Disk - Software & ISOs) Internet Speed: 10 MB Browser: Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer Antivirus: Avast Antivirus Free Other Info: Windows Experience Index Result: 3.8 of 7.9.
Cooling solutions:
- AVC @ 2000/5000 RPM Copper Heatpipes (For Athlon 64 X2 6000+ CPU used in an Athlon 64 X2 5200+)
- Rear Fan 80 mm @ 2700 RPM for heat extraction
- Manhatan Chipset Cooler @ 4700/7200 RPM (For nVidia Chipset in MoBo)
- Foxconn @ 2500 RPM (Old Pentium III heatsink fan) in XFX ATI Radeon HD 4350
Computer Type: PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number: Custom Built OS: Windows 10 Pro CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2400G Processor with Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics Motherboard: ASRock X470 Master SLI/AC AM4 AMD Promontory X470 SATA 6Gb/s Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM D Graphics Card: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB (EVGA) Sound Card: Motherboard Built in Monitor(s) Displays: Acer R240HY bidx 23.8-Inch IPS HDMI DVI VGA (1920 x 1080) Wi Screen Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Keyboard: Wired Dell keyboard Mouse: Wireless Logitech mouse PSU: CORSAIR TX Series TX650M 650W 80+ Gold Modular Power Supply Case: CORSAIR CARBIDE SPEC-02 Mid-Tower Gaming Case, Red LED Fan Cooling: 220mm, two 120mm, and four 60mm fans Hard Drives: 1TB Sandisk SSD PLUS (Main drive)
500 GB Seagate 7200 RPM (Games)
500 GB Western Digital 7200 RPM (Virtual Machines) Internet Speed: 250mb down, 30mb up Browser: Chrome-ish x64 Antivirus: Panda Cloud Antivirus Other Info: Your awesome for reading this.
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