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The end of Windows XP support could hurt ATM's
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| 4-7-14
| Scott Daniels
Posted on 04/07/2014 8:16:48 PM PDT by smokingfrog
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To: smokingfrog
the world ai’t gonna end for xp pc’s unless microsoft has written code to screw them up once support ends.
remember that last set of xp patches you downloaded......? planned obsolescence.
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posted on
04/07/2014 8:18:38 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Secret Agent Man
“remember that last set of xp patches you downloaded”
I wonder if that's how my ‘automatic updates’ accidentally got turned off a couple of years ago?
To: smokingfrog
Bookmarked, I’m concerned about this, don’t have much to ad, I will probably go to our used computer store if I run into trouble.
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posted on
04/07/2014 8:22:55 PM PDT
by
BeadCounter
(morning glory evening grace)
To: Spunky
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posted on
04/07/2014 8:23:04 PM PDT
by
Spunky
(BIG GOVERNMENT MAKES SMALLER CITIZENS.)
To: smokingfrog
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posted on
04/07/2014 8:23:59 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: smokingfrog
A knowledgeable FReeper pointed out tha ATMs are never connected to the public internet. Some other POS systems using XP Embedded could well be vulnerable, however.
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posted on
04/07/2014 8:27:18 PM PDT
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: smokingfrog
One would hope that ATMs are on a private network not subject fo public hacking.
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posted on
04/07/2014 8:30:00 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: I cannot think of a name
I have one computer updated to the day, but most XP units are “stuck” at SP2.
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posted on
04/07/2014 8:31:26 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: Paladin2
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posted on
04/07/2014 8:32:49 PM PDT
by
bigbob
(The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
To: smokingfrog
To: smokingfrog
Less than ten years ago, 90% of ATMs ran IBM’s OS/2, which wasn’t supported at the time either.
To: bigbob
Yep. Even in places where there is internet, I’ve never heard of one that didn’t have its own line (or share with business phone / fax).
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posted on
04/07/2014 8:34:37 PM PDT
by
andyk
(I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
To: smokingfrog
This is a lot of hype. Microsoft automatically applies patches as holes or weaknesses are discovered that hackers have been exploiting. BUT that doesn't mean there's going to be a problem they day after they stop offering automatic patches. Most of these hacks are convoluted anyway, requiring a specific series of circumstances, i.e., if you are watching a video, and your memory spikes crashing your video player and you hit a certain kind of infected web site immediately after your memory overload but before rebooting your system, then your computer is vulnerable to hacking the next time you download an Excel file (or something like that - this is an example only).
The point is, it's probably a good idea to upgrade your OS and or system if you are running XP because over time you could expose yourself to risks, but nothing is going to happen the day the support expires.
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posted on
04/07/2014 8:40:40 PM PDT
by
ElkGroveDan
(My tagline is in the shop.)
To: Secret Agent Man
I Installed Linux Ubuntu.
To: Paladin2
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posted on
04/07/2014 8:56:27 PM PDT
by
ansel12
((Libertarianism offers the transitory concepts and dialogue to move from conservatism, to liberalism)
To: smokingfrog
Bah! Obama wanted to replace them with bank tellers, anyway.
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posted on
04/07/2014 8:56:31 PM PDT
by
Thorliveshere
(Minnesota Survivor)
To: smokingfrog
Here's an idea:
RUN WINDOWS 7 INSTEAD!!!
So endeth the lesson, cheapskates.
To: Paladin2
Keep off porno and file sharing sites, don’t open any e-mail unless I know exactly who it is from, strong anti-virus (Norton works best but is a hog.) Been on the web since 1993 and never had a problem.
To: bigbob
I think there are DRM differences.
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posted on
04/07/2014 9:00:18 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
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