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Microsoft Extends Updates For Windows XP Security Products Until July 2015

Posted by samzenpus on from the not-so-fast dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft today announced it will continue to provide updates to its security products for Windows XP users through July 14, 2015. Previously, the company said it would halt all updates on the end of support date for Windows XP: April 8, 2014. For consumers, this means Microsoft Security Essentials will continue to get updates after support ends for Windows XP. For enterprise customers, the same goes for System Center Endpoint Protection, Forefront Client Security, Forefront Endpoint Protection, and Windows Intune running on Windows XP."

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  1. Oh great... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now I look like an asshole for telling my boss that he ABSOLUTELY HAD to upgrade everything because even Microsoft was killing security updates.

  2. familiar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Like Duke Nuke'm Forever, except opposite.

  3. Pffft....... Thanks, Oba- by thatshortkid · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh.

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  4. Re:*sigh* by exomondo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because Apple products don't go end of life, they go out of fashion.