That's good news about MSE; I had no idea that its definitions would be updated until July, 2015. I mainly use an XP box at home and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. I'll also continue to use MSE as long as I can. Another thing that I plan to do with my XP machine is to set up another administrator account for any miscellaneous updates that I might do. Once that's done, I'll turn my current administrator account to a plain old guest account and will use it for my everyday computing activities. That way, if and/or when anybody tries to hack my machine while I'm using it or if it's sitting idle with the guest account running, any attack will hopefully be thwarted.
Tom Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 9, 2014, at 10:51 AM, "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > No., you will continue to see this message on your XP machine even if your > database definitions are up to date and you run a scan. While your computer > may be "at risk" if you continue to run XP, you are still being protected to > some extent by MSE, and so for the message to imply otherwise is nothing less > than shameless scare mongering by MS. > > Gerald > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cy Selfridge" <[email protected]> > To: "'The Jaws for Windows support list.'" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 12:32 PM > Subject: RE: MSE news > > >> Hi, >> I have also seen the "at risk" nonsense warning from MSE because I have not >> either run the scan or updated the definitions. >> I am on 7 but I still have a XP machine. >> Cy >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Gerald Levy >> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 10:16 AM >> To: The Jaws for Windows support list. >> Subject: Re: MSE news >> >> >> For those of you who are still running XP and using MSE, you may notice that >> the MSE icon in your System Tray is now reporting your PC status as "At >> Risk". Do not be alarmed by this message. It is merely a scare tactic on >> the part of MS to frighten XP users into upgrading to Windows 8 or 8.1. The >> XP version of MSE will continue to be supported through July, 2015. This >> means that it will continue to provide real-time protection and automatic >> updates to the definitions database until then. Of course, support for XP >> itself ended yesterday, so if you are still running XP, proceed withcaution. >> >> Gerald >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Feliciano G" <[email protected]> >> To: "The Jaws for Windows support list." <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 11:02 AM >> Subject: Re: MSE news >> >> >>> Microsoft security essentials is a great anti virus software. I have had >>> it on my laptop for three years with no problems. Surf the web with >>> some common sense and you'll be good. I also do scans with malware bytes >>> free edition. Good stuff. >>> >>> Regards, Feliciano >>> >>> Sent from the Super-iPhone >>> >>>> On Apr 9, 2014, at 7:34 AM, "Cy Selfridge" <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Man, this sucks. >>>> Cy >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill White >>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2014 8:21 AM >>>> To: jfw mailing list >>>> Subject: MSE news >>>> >>>> A friend of mine called The Microsoft Disability Center yesterday, and >>>> after >>>> they did a scan of her computer, they told her that she had a virus. She >>>> is >>>> using MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials). When she asked how she got it, >>>> they told her that the culprit was probably an e-mail. When she asked >>>> them >>>> if MSE was scanning her e-mail, they told her that MSE does not have an >>>> e-mail scanning module. >>>> >>>> Until now, I was unaware of this, and I wanted all of you to be aware of >>>> it >>>> as well. >>>> Bill White [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >>>> signature >>>> database 9655 (20140409) __________ >>>> >>>> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >>>> >>>> http://www.eset.com >>>> >>>> -------------- next part -------------- >>>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >>>> URL: >> <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/201404 >>>> 09/02734d4d/attachment.html> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Jfw mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Jfw mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Jfw mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Jfw mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Jfw mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Jfw mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
