News / Info
Support is ending for some versions of Windows
- Support for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) ended on July 12, 2011.
- Support for Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) ended on July 13, 2010.*
If you're running one of these versions after support ends, you won't get security updates for Windows.
Windows will continue to run
Even if you have an unsupported version of Windows XP or Windows Vista without any service packs, Windows will continue to start and run as usual.
Lates Scam / Hoax warnings
- Hoax - Eating Shrimp and Taking Vitamin C Can Cause Death by Arsenic Poisoning
- Hoax - Facebook Will Pay One Dollar Per Like to Help Baby With a Face Cancer
- Ashley Flores Missing Child Hoax
- AICPA 'Tax Fraud Accusations' Malware Emails
- RIAA Notification of Copyright Violation Malware Email
- Giant Snake in Electric Fence Photographs
- Cruise Control Hydroplane Warning
- Facebook Gold Status Membership Advance Fee Scam
- Hotmail Account Closure Phishing Scam
- 'Thomas Romany's Stuff' Warning Message
- Mark Zuckerberg and Apple Partnership Survey Scam
- Protest Message - Live 'Tortoise' Souvenirs Sold in China
- Absurd Warning Claims That Monster Energy Drink Logo Hails Satan
- Facebook Photograph of Man Riding Motorbike Over Children's Hands
- IRS Penalty Phishing Scam
- Hoax - Share Photo to Raise Money to Help Abused Puppy
- Urban Legend - Rapist Hides in Back Seat at Garage
- Hoax - Indian Woman Gives Birth to Eleven Babies at Once
- Praying Mother and Son Rock Formation
- Pharmacy Spam Emails Purport to be From YouTube
News
- Reviewed: X79 Chipset Motherboards
- Tech deals: Get an Asus Eee Pad Transformer from GraysOnline for $299
- Pre-MWC smartphone roundup (23/02/12)
- Next Big Thing: flexible quantum dot TVs
- Future tech: LightBeam
- Storify comes to the iPad
- Japan plans working 'space elevator' by 2050
- Google Glasses coming this year?
- Epson reveals world’s lightest GPS watch
- Man gadgets: 5 of the best torches
- Smut site lifts skirt on user credentials (TheRegister.co.uk)
- More Malware and Vulnerabilities News (Computerworld)
- Global DNS takedown plotters disowned by Anonymous (TheRegister.co.uk)
- Trojan hijacks often-used DLL file for stealthier approach
- Grumble-flick chat site exposes flirts' privates (TheRegister.co.uk)
- Indian govt to ask Yahoo, Google to route emails through servers in India
- More Privacy News (Computerworld)
- Bank Customers Favor Birthdate PINs (Information Week)
- More Malware and Vulnerabilities News (Computerworld)
- More Privacy News (Computerworld)
