Hi Gerald,
One of my XP machines shows the same,
the other does not because I did not install the update that I posted about 
the other day.
You could click the link and see what Microsoft has to say.
HTH,
Rick Justice

Tomorrow's another day, another way!
and if tomorrow never comes, problem solved!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 8:53 AM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] MSE Now Flagging My PC Status As "At Risk"



A few days ago, I posted that the Microsoft Security Essentials icon in the 
System Tray of my XP PC was reporting its status as "potentially 
unprotected".  This morning, after I booted up and checked the System Tray, 
the MSE icon is now reporting my PC status as "At Risk".  Here is the 
message that is displayed on the MSE Home tab:

PC status: At risk
Support for this operating system has ended, which means Microsoft Security 
Essentials is no longer supported and your PC is at risk. To make
sure your PC stays
protected, click the link below to see our end-of-support guidance for 
operating systems.


While it is true that support for XP itself has ended, the XP version of MSE 
continues to function.  I successfully updated the database definitions 
manually and ran a quick scan to verify this.  So if MSE is still working, 
then my PC is not really "At Risk", as the System Tray icon reports, and I 
can only conclude that this is nothing less than shameless scare mongering 
on the part of MS.  Contrary to the message above,reliable sources claim 
that support for MSE will continue through July, 2015.  So what is really 
going on?  Are any other MSE users who are still running XP also getting the 
"At Risk" icon in their System Tray?

Gerald

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