And the XP exploiting begins
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And this it begins....
Really, at this point the more exploits found for XP the better it is for both Microsoft and IT in general. It helps to demonstrate why good practices, patching, support, keeping up to date and not forgetting about IT is important.
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I wonder how Microsoft handles IE security updates for the few entities that paid to stay on Windows XP Support. Do you think they just create a version of IE10 or IE11 that can install on Windows XP?
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Why would they need to? They are supporting Windows 7 (and IE
until 2018. I would assume (I'm probably in trouble already) that those IE8 patches for windows Vista and 7 will work on XP...Edit.. and now that I've read the article.. I guess not
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Security updates are probably made but they aren't distributed outside of those entities paying for it. If they did that, no one would pay for the extended support.
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Agreed, I was thinking that the one for Windows 7/Vista should just work on XP, but then again... maybe not.
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@Dashrender said:
Agreed, I was thinking that the one for Windows 7/Vista should just work on XP, but then again... maybe not.
Probably does, but they block it I presume.
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@scottalanmiller said:
And this it begins....
Really, at this point the more exploits found for XP the better it is for both Microsoft and IT in general. It helps to demonstrate why good practices, patching, support, keeping up to date and not forgetting about IT is important.
As a new IT guy to a company that just started an internal IT department this is helping me get through to them what I have told them since I started. The threats are real, I need to be able to centrally manage, patch, and implement fixes quickly. Unfortunately, it's taking the stick to make the decision and with it liability.
Just this news alone might have just netted me 75 more licenses of Webroot!
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Another big ML win for Webroot!
