http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9246737/No_special_treatment_for_China_on_XP_patches_end_April_8_in_the_PRC_too
By Gregg Keizer
Computerworld
March 3, 2014
Microsoft today said it has not changed the end-of-support policy for
Windows XP users in China, and will still cut off those customers -- as it
will others around the world -- from security patches after April 8.
"Nothing has changed regarding Windows XP support," a Microsoft
spokeswoman said in an email reply to questions.
Earlier today, a story by the IDG News Service, which is operated by IDG,
the parent company of Computerworld, reported that Microsoft's China arm
had announced some Windows XP security-related news.
Essentially, Microsoft said it was working with several Chinese antivirus
(AV) vendors to continue security software support of XP, and to provide
signature updates -- the "fingerprints" of newly-discovered malware that
makes it possible for an AV engine to detect and block those threats --
for that software.
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