Originally Posted by
YVR Cockroach
FWIW, the Dutch and U.K. governments have paid MSFT to extend support for another year. In the case of the U.K., bulk buy support for GBP 5.5 million.
Seems they're not the only ones. The IRS is paying for extended support now too.
Originally Posted by
RSSrsvp
Don't you think that the anti virus programs like Norton and McAfee will do their best to protect you?
Viruses are not the only danger... and anyway they often exploit the user, not a vulnerability in the software/OS. There are plenty of other attacks that rely on vulnerabilities and for which an AV product may or may not help you.