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For me, the cure is worse than the disease. For the most part, I stopped updating Win7 years ago. Maybe a couple of critical updates, and certainly some hardware updates (likely accessible direct from the mfr anyway), but nothing bad has happened.
I use Malwarebytes, Firefox (and Tor if a site might be sketchy). I've updated my box at least a half-dozen times with Win7, including a couple of motherboard swaps. Office 2010 has everything I need for my business and is nag-free.
I've heard the all EOL gnashing of teeth and ululations before. Until an absolutely must-have program appears that won't function with 7, I'm completely unconcerned. Maybe in 2023 but that's an eon in tech-time. Nadella could be gone and subscription models dead by then.
We have reached the Age of Good Enough. Cell phones, cameras, computers, operating systems ... the lion's share is "good enough". Companies that grew fat on the churn of short product cycles are desperately seeking means of maintaining that profit margin. Not. Going. To. Happen.
Giants will fall.
Repent and reboot.