{"id":17186,"date":"2019-12-13T08:30:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T16:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/12\/13\/news-10922\/"},"modified":"2019-12-13T08:30:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T16:30:13","slug":"news-10922","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2019\/12\/13\/news-10922\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Microsoft stop updating its Security Essentials on Jan. 14? Are you sure?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 06:52:00 -0800<\/strong><\/p>\n

You know that businesses will be able to <\/span>pay for Win7 security patches<\/span><\/a> after Win7 hits end-of-life on Jan. 14. Many of Microsoft’s Extended Security Update program details aren’t clear to me \u2014 How does a very small business buy ESU? Why is Microsoft releasing Edge on Win7 the day after it goes end-of-life? Will that <\/span>new full-screen nag<\/span><\/a> keep coming back?\u00a0\u2014 but there\u2019s one loose end that sits in the middle of my confusion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Will Microsoft <\/span>really <\/i><\/strong>stop pushing malware signature files to Microsoft Security Essentials on Jan. 14?<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve been wondering about that since I read in the<\/span> Extended Support FAQ<\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

Will Microsoft Security Essentials continue to protect my PC after end of support?<\/strong><\/p>\n

No, your Windows 7 PC will not be protected by Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) after January 14, 2020. This product is unique to Windows 7 and follows the same lifecycle dates for support.<\/span><\/p>\n

The wording has me all tied up. If you pay for Extended Support, doesn’t that, by definition, extend the Win7 lifecycle date? And if the lifecycle date is extended, wouldn\u2019t MSE follow the same extended lifecycle date?<\/span><\/p>\n

Gregg Keizer had an excellent<\/span> article in Computerworld<\/em><\/span><\/a> a few days ago on this same topic. He talked about how MSE updates would stop on Jan. 14, even for those paying for Extended Support.<\/span><\/p>\n

Computerworld<\/span><\/i> previously speculated that Microsoft would provide updates to MSE even after Windows 7’s retirement, slated for Jan. 14. The forecast was based on Microsoft’s behavior five years ago, when it<\/span> kept cranking out malware signature updates for Windows XP<\/span><\/a> users of MSE in the months after that operating system’s April 2014 retirement.<\/span><\/p>\n

A bit of history here.<\/span><\/p>\n

Back when Windows XP was about to hit end-of-life on April 8, 2014, we were treated to a <\/span>deluge of dire warnings<\/span><\/a>, saying that MSE updates would die on the same date that XP hit the skids.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That didn\u2019t happen.<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, Microsoft kept releasing MSE signature files for XP until the last one appeared 15 months later, on July 14, 2015.\u00a0Microsoft <\/span>blocked downloading <\/span><\/a>MSE on XP machines on April 8, 2014\u00a0\u2014 you had to jump through some hoops to install MSE on XP machines after that\u00a0\u2014 but those with MSE installed on WinXP machines got<\/span>\u00a015 months of official, free updates<\/span><\/a>, whether they paid for extended support on XP or not.<\/span><\/p>\n

I was expecting a replay of the XP scenario. (Still do, frankly.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Soooo \u2026 has anybody out there seen a definitive statement from Microsoft that it\u2019ll cut off MSE signature file updates on Jan. 14? Not some mealy-mouthed pabulum about lifecycle dates and extended support. Just an up-or-down yes-or-no answer about MSE updates, on both ESU supported and unsupported machines.<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ll keep you posted on <\/span><\/i>AskWoody.com<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Credit to Author: Woody Leonhard| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 06:52:00 -0800<\/strong><\/p>\n

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You know that businesses will be able to <\/span>pay for Win7 security patches<\/span><\/a> after Win7 hits end-of-life on Jan. 14. Many of Microsoft’s Extended Security Update program details aren’t clear to me \u2014 How does a very small business buy ESU? Why is Microsoft releasing Edge on Win7 the day after it goes end-of-life? Will that <\/span>new full-screen nag<\/span><\/a> keep coming back?\u00a0\u2014 but there\u2019s one loose end that sits in the middle of my confusion.<\/span><\/p>\n

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