Microsoft states there will be no more patches for Windows XP

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/16/2014 08:33 AM | source: | 18 comment(s)

Microsoft's made a decision to issue one more security patch for Windows XP last week, but the software giant stresses this was a one time thing. Microsoft stressed this week that there will be no further patches for Windows XP and that the dying OS will have to fend for itself.

Announcing the fixes from the Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft Trustworthy Computing group manager of response communications Dustin Childs said that Windows XP definitely has been left to fend for itself.

"For those wondering, Windows XP will not be receiving any security updates today," he said.

"For some time we have been recommending customers move to a modern operating system like Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 to help stay safe."

Childs' comments come after an emergency security bulletin warning of a vulnerability affecting almost every version of Internet Explorer (IE) was released in April to patch a major issue that had come to light. This month's Patch Tuesday update contains further enhancements to this fix.

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TheDeeGee
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#4818745 Posted on: 05/16/2014 11:19 AM

Will see...

dcx_badass
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#4818768 Posted on: 05/16/2014 12:12 PM

The thing is, technically it wasn't an XP patch last week, it was an IE patch which they had to make anyway.

JulesCools
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#4818943 Posted on: 05/16/2014 06:34 PM

what a joke, if another huge vulnerability comes up they will patch it

BABA-The Hacker
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#4818991 Posted on: 05/16/2014 07:55 PM

""""

The thing is, technically it wasn't an XP patch last week, it was an IE patch which they had to make anyway.""""

where MS has monitored each and every XP users' activities from their browsers......since 2001*...

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#4819001 Posted on: 05/16/2014 08:17 PM

Last Update Tuesday on my XP box I only got Office patches (cause office 2007 and up is still supported on XP) and Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool – May 2014 (KB890830).

Microsoft Security Essentials still seems to work, but it keeps bitching that XP is End of Life. When I get the time I'll probably just turn the old rig into a Linux box.

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