RE: Five steps for XP usage past April 8th

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Chris <http://www.picis.com/~Chris>
 > Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:13:00 -0400
 >
 > True.
 > 
 > I'm planning on going to the Northeast Linux Fest on April 5th.  It should be 
 > interesting.

Awesome.

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Robert [http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert] 
 > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 10:06 AM
 > To: Chris; Chris; Chris
 > Cc: Richard; Richard; Richard; http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg
 > 
 > Forgot one: run Linux instead!
 > 
 >  > From: Chris <http://www.picis.com/~Chris>
 >  > Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 09:45:50 -0400 
 >  >
 >  > Five steps for XP usage past April 8th:
 >  > * Run as a "Standard User"
 >  > * Remove Flash and Java.
 >  > * Use Chrome or Firefox, never IE. (XP can't run the later more secure 
 >  > IE's.) 
 >  > * Remember: updates are NOT stopping for Flash, Java, Firefox, Chrome,
 >  > .etc.... ONLY for the core XP OS.
 >  > * MOST of the vulnerability updates are now in IE and Office, not in 
 >  > the underlying OS.
 >  > * Use "LibreOffice" instead of MS Office.
 >  > * Behave yourself... Don't do dangerous things.
 >  > * (Embedded systems don't surf the web...) 
 >  > Taken from https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-447-notes.pdf