Risk of using Window 7 when Microsoft stop supporting it
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Nothing to worry about
"A good computer security practice comes in layers. You need a reasonable network solution, which means a robust and reliable firewall, and this is often solved by using a router that isn't set to lax defaults. Then, you have the Internet-facing element, and here, you need robust and up-to-date browsers. Firefox and Chrome will do. Lastly, you have the foobar element - which is what happens when things go wrong. Indeed, when that does occur, you need to: a) minimize damage b) ensure the integrity of your data.
All of this means that once the Windows 7 support ends, you will be able to continue using your box for quite some time."
Dedoimedo
Last edited by SIW2; 30 Dec 2019 at 14:20.
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Hi,
Yep just won't have to feel bad for not installing windows updates finally eol 
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Most likely, those who are bent on running W7 after the deadline, won't, (or shouldn't), use it as their go-to machine keeping sensitive content on it.
I just get a peaceful calm watching a movie on a W7 machine, knowing there's no Store in the background gettin ready to throw an ad in my face to rent the next movie to watch!!! 
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Hi folks
You can even run OUTLOOK EXPRESS on an XP Virtual Machine without any problems whatsoever if you have a decent Internet gateway and a proper proxy server on your main machine --I.e all Internet traffic is routed from the VM Via your gateway and the proxy both in and outbound -- that way you don't have to worry about ANY security at all on the Virtual Machine provided its protected via the gateway and doesn't have any seamless direct connection with the Internet.
Of course if running modern W10 systems as Virtual machines --nothing wrong in having Windows defender on those as well --however before W10 Windows security was a total joke which is probably how so many of those hideous 3rd party soloutions came into being e.g avast (AGHAST !!) Mcafee (Mc AWFUL), Malwarebytes , kaspersky etc etc.
Cheers
jimbo
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Also, an idea is to grab a 30 quid ssd and have a dual boot Win7 and Win10 ( turning off fast boot ) to have the best of both worlds....
...in Win7 there is something magical about media centre....my Win7 is a keeper.
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;1805278 said:
Also, an idea is to grab a 30 quid ssd and have a dual boot Win7 and Win10 ( turning off fast boot ) to have the best of both worlds....
...in Win7 there is something magical about media centre....my Win7 is a keeper.
Hi there
@farrellart
The problem with that solution is when security ends for W7 you are totally exposed -- If you use an SSD -- with a USB3-->SATA connector stick the VM on the SSD ==it will perform very decently and save you any security bothers if you route any of its file sharing and Internet accesses through security on the main Host machine (W10 / Linux --whatever you prefer).
Cheers
jimbo
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How many in this thread have ever had someone or something invade their computers? I have been using Windows since the very first Windows, have used every Windows except Vista, and have never had anything happen.
I had computers bought come with virus programs installed, but quick removed them because of their false warnings.
Most problems is from outdated hardware used n my older computers, ASUS informed me my old G73s would not support Win 10 i installed it and it does work but sometimes the system will just crash but a reboot gets it back into the game.
Last edited by digitalcurisity; 30 Dec 2019 at 15:24.
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How many in this thread have ever had someone or something invade their computers?
A lot seem to manage to get infected. I don't know how. Never happened to me in all these years.
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A lot seem to manage to get infected. I don't know how. Never happened to me in all these years.
When years ago i was taking some software class's at a local community collage, some would exchange games on memory cards or homemade CDs, and they would get virus's.
Also opening an e-mail file from an unknown, has caused many a lot of trouble just use your head and don't open them.
I also get many e-mails from someone trying to make me think their from Apple and my Apple Music Site has been used, and i need to click on this address to find out about it, these jerks can't even use correct English and can't even spell simple words.
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In all years using MS OSs (DOS, Win 3.11, Win95, win98, WinXP, Win 7 and Win 10) I never got infected.
The main security is on the user behavior. I don't open links sent by email or don't click around on unsafe sites. And I use Firefox with Add-ons (HTTPS and script blocker (the forbidden to mention on this site).
What fascinates me is a solution looms on the horizon. I'm currently using it and it's very promising: Windows Sandbox.
At the moment Sandbox sucks because it doesn't remember anything you do there. Suppose you install a Firefox browser with al your fave plugins and such. Once you close Sandbox, it's gone. So you have to do it each time. ARGGGH. Also annoying is that it's virtual and so it runs slow and eats up precious resources.
But the cool thing is you can surf ANYWHERE in Sandbox. If a problem comes up, quit. Your 'real' system is fine.
It's my understanding that Linux somehow Sandboxes browsers within the main system. (I encountered this with Ubuntu Budgie.) So it just works great and fine but if you go to save a file to your desktop -- it doesn't actually do that. It saves it to a Sandbox'd desktop instead. And then it's kind of confusing how you get that saved item to your 'real' PC. But if that system is reliable I'm curious why Windows doesn't simply do that.
Imagine if Edge Chromium was a sandbox'd app? Once this future becomes the present you could actually go to attacking sites for fun.
Maybe I'm sniffing too much glue.
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