[upchuck]

Some people treat this as if it is the end of the world. Ask yourself, when was the last time you contacted MSFT for support? You say never? There you go.

I will admit not having Win 7 updates to thwart viruses is a concern.

[dayglored]

> Some people treat this as if it is the end of the world. Ask yourself, when was the last time you contacted MSFT for support? You say never? There you go. I will admit not having Win 7 updates to thwart viruses is a concern.

The stoppage of the security updates is the ONLY concern, but it's a very real one.

Malware writers will reverse-engineer the upcoming Win10 security updates, knowing that Win7 will not receive those fixes.

The result will be loads of Win7-specific, targeted malware attacks, starting Jan 2020.

Anyone who continues to use Win7 (including me), with or without an internet connection, needs to understand and accept this risk.

As to "support" in the sense of calling for help, I personally know of no one, NO ONE, who has "contacted MSFT for support" in recent years, with success in fixing a problem. You end up talking to some largely-useless person with an Indian accent, who talks way too fast, over a bad phone connection. And their recommendations are typically not accurate. Who needs that hassle???

[Carriage Hill]

Get Norton 360 and MalwareBytes, and use CCleaner. I’vw never had a virus hit any of my machines, wo/ Norton 360 nailing it.