Windows XP lives on: Avast survey shows 27 percent of its XP users...

[A Guy]

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.

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[DavidE]

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

 

[King Arthur]

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.

 

[3D Jed]

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.

 

[Mooly]

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......

 

[jimbo45]

Hi there
I STILL don't understand what's wrong with THIS version of windows !!!!! (Scrshot below)

Always worked fine for me - unlike some of the more modern OS'es. !!!

Who needs all this "new fangled stuff" anyway.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[FerchogtX]

Hi there
I STILL don't understand what's wrong with THIS version of windows !!!!! (Scrshot below)

Always worked fine for me - unlike some of the more modern OS'es. !!!

Who needs all this "new fangled stuff" anyway.

Cheers
jimbo

OH MY GOD! It's Windows 8.1.1.2 Update... 20?

No wait... looks more professional than that...

I bet this thing display more colors on the GUI than 8 itself...

 

[andrew129260]

:roflmao: It's sad how true that is.

 

[Alejandro85]

Hi there
I STILL don't understand what's wrong with THIS version of windows !!!!! (Scrshot below)

Always worked fine for me - unlike some of the more modern OS'es. !!!

Who needs all this "new fangled stuff" anyway.

Cheers
jimbo

Absolutely nothing, of course. As long as it works for you, you may use for as long as there is hardware capable of running it.

There is a fundamental difference between Win1 and XP. XP can do everything Win 7/8 can do, Windows 1 cannot.

 

[kingstonian]

Hi there
I STILL don't understand what's wrong with THIS version of windows !!!!! (Scrshot below)

Always worked fine for me - unlike some of the more modern OS'es. !!!

Who needs all this "new fangled stuff" anyway.

Cheers
jimbo

Wow ... Memories ... still have Dos 4 on disc somewhere ...

 

[andrew129260]

Hi there
I STILL don't understand what's wrong with THIS version of windows !!!!! (Scrshot below)

Always worked fine for me - unlike some of the more modern OS'es. !!!

Who needs all this "new fangled stuff" anyway.

Cheers
jimbo

Absolutely nothing, of course. As long as it works for you, you may use for as long as there is hardware capable of running it.

There is a fundamental difference between Win1 and XP. XP can do everything Win 7/8 can do, Windows 1 cannot.

Sorry but I think that is incorrect. Off the top of my head: previous versions (the main feature I like that was removed in windows 8), windows backup that doesn't stink, start menu search, aero snap, aero shake, and libraries. etc

 

[ThrashZone]

I do not miss x-p thanks for the flash back
Pcmatic is jumping on the wagon with commercials saying they can be these holdouts savior

 

[andrew129260]

OH god I hate pcmatic. Worse scammers ever. Worst software ever.

Funny thing though-count how many times they say pcmatic in the commercial. Here is a hint, it is more then 20 times.

 

[ThrashZone]

Sell Sell Sell :roflmao:
T.V. time is expensive going for the scared suckers

Dude did use a bat on a slate though

 

[jimbo45]

Sell Sell Sell :roflmao:
T.V. time is expensive going for the scared suckers

Dude did use a bat on a slate though

Hi there

TV finally is getting its come uppance -- anybody under about 35 is deserting it in DROVES (and some older ones like me too).

Actually when I was a youngster (was I ever !!!) I remember the feeling was that if something had to be advertised on TV the product was in trouble as TV was a "Very Low brow" medium".

Even today the best stuff is NEVER advertised on TV -- how many FERRARI commercials on TV do you see for example -- but cheap nasty take away sludge that "passes for food" is advertised almost non stop -- as are cheap "Pay day Loans" with incredible interest rates of around 5000% FIVE THOUSAND % - no typo (yes no kidding !!) and we all know the sort of people those commercials are directed to.

Here's a particularly NASTY one - a South African Business (Nothing against SA by the way -- been there many times and had a good time in spite of articles one might see in the Press - Cape Town - Brilliant) called WONGA operating in the most deprived areas in the UK - Hull. Liverpool, Parts of Newcastle and Manchester and East London seem to be their "catchment areas" which charges interest of around 5,000 (YES FIVE THOUSAND - no typo) percent and uses old "Grannies" on TV commercials to soft sell an EVIL product aimed at the most vulnerable sections of the community. - I think they were chased out of US -- not sure though - but no OFFICIAL legal business in USA can charge these sorts of Interest rates).

Cheers
jimbo

 

[kingstonian]

Have seen these "Muppet Grannies" on Canadian TV commercials, boasting "It's the latest thing from the UK", makes me cringe to think that it was allowed to expand from there.

Things would have to be really bad to use these robbers ...:devil:

Just reread your post that they are from SA ... just as bad though ...

 

[ThrashZone]

They used to be considered load sharks

Government decided to go after the evil credit card companies instead

City of Houston Texas was attempting to exile these new day loan sharks to the bordering counties,
I believe they paid off the city

Pawn shops have been doing it for years just not at that rate.

 

[Diosoth]

I'm keeping XP on my second PC for gaming purposes. I have a small number of games which do not like Windows 7.

 

[andrew129260]

Vmware player with xp my friend. Works on almost every older game I have come across.

 

[smsff7]

I moved on from XP a while ago. tho there been times I thought about running it in a virtual setting to run some old dos games I can't play otherwise