New exploits pop up literally overnight, and many of them are designed to affect even an old operating system. If you're going to continue using XP and want to avoid an infected system, you must now make it a practice to frequently and routinely check for security-alarm reports out on the net regarding new XP exploits that can penetrate your system. Apart from a shrinking pool of software that can be compatibly installed or updated on it, maintaining system security will now be your biggest problem. Most machines made when XP was new aren't up to the task of running more modern operating systems.īlackbird71 last edited Because you're using an obsolete system, from here on you will need to consider it as being fragile and more easily damaged than in the past. That will probably mean getting a new machine though. I would upgrade to Windows 7 at the oldest as soon as you are able. I would not use it to make any purchases online, pay any bills or log into a security sensitive websites (your work, your bank, you insurance, etc). I would not use XP to process or store any kind of personal or financial information (medical records, taxes, paychecks, banking, etc). Using a different web browser only provides some safety compared to running Internet Explorer. Any bugs or security issues that have been discovered since then or will be discovered in the future will never be fixed. Update support from Microsoft for Windows XP ended over a year ago. Opera does not officially support older versions of XP. Thats the newest major release of that OS. Opera currently supports Windows XP Service Pack 3 only.

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