Solve : Is XP internet possible through Windows 7 / 8 computer & safe

1.	Solve : Is XP internet possible through Windows 7 / 8 computer & safe from new exploits??
Answer» Is there a way to access the internet through a Computer that runs on Windows 7 /8 and will not be at risk for new exploits? I'm still going to run XP as I have so many good games that will not run on Windows 7 or later OS. I also still run a few older Pentium systems with old GPUs for games that have no hope of running on Win 7 / 8 OS systems.If you have a good Anti Virus app resident at all times and follow safe & smart computing practices (don't visit questionable websites, don't download torrents or anything you aren't 100% certain is safe, don't click on unknown links, etc) the OS is absolutely irrelevant. Quote from: pcurtj1974 on April 24, 2014, 09:08:08 AM Is there a way to access the internet through a Computer that runs on Windows 7 /8 and will not be at risk for new exploits? I'm still going to run XP as I have so many good games that will not run on Windows 7 or later OS. I also still run a few older Pentium systems with old GPUs for games that have no hope of running on Win 7 / 8 OS systems. But is what I asked possible? Is it safer to access the internet through a different computer not taking Malware Applications into account.I guess I don't understand what you are trying to do. You are no safer browsing with one OS than another. Quote from: pcurtj1974 on April 24, 2014, 09:08:08 AM Is there a way to access the internet through a Computer that runs on Windows 7 /8 and will not be at risk for new exploits? I'm still going to run XP as I have so many good games that will not run on Windows 7 or later OS. I also still run a few older Pentium systems with old GPUs for games that have no hope of running on Win 7 / 8 OS systems. No. The "new exploits" are, in a TECHNICAL sense, being 'given away' by Microsoft. What used to happen with each Patch is malware authors/hackers would take apart the updates and figure out what Microsoft patched and figure out how to take advantage of that problem on unpatched machines. The problem is that now, with XP no longer receiving the same updates, the updates for later versions can often still be reverse engineered and the exploit could still be applicable for XP, because sometimes the security problems are long-standing issues that MS has only recently become aware of. An exploit is simply an unexpected result from otherwise normal operation. For example, Windows 95 had a bug in it's network stack that allowed a certain set of PACKETS to be sent to any windows 95 machine to cause it to Blue Screen. You can't "run the internet" through a more modern system to "filter" the internet of exploits for another older system. It would be analogous to if a car has messed up steering and you tried to fix it by pushing it with a car that had good steering.Ok, Thanks all

Solve : Is XP internet possible through Windows 7 / 8 computer & safe from new exploits??

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Is there a way to access the internet through a Computer that runs on Windows 7 /8 and will not be at risk for new exploits? I'm still going to run XP as I have so many good games that will not run on Windows 7 or later OS. I also still run a few older Pentium systems with old GPUs for games that have no hope of running on Win 7 / 8 OS systems.If you have a good Anti Virus app resident at all times and follow safe & smart computing practices (don't visit questionable websites, don't download torrents or anything you aren't 100% certain is safe, don't click on unknown links, etc) the OS is absolutely irrelevant. Quote from: pcurtj1974 on April 24, 2014, 09:08:08 AM

Is there a way to access the internet through a Computer that runs on Windows 7 /8 and will not be at risk for new exploits? I'm still going to run XP as I have so many good games that will not run on Windows 7 or later OS. I also still run a few older Pentium systems with old GPUs for games that have no hope of running on Win 7 / 8 OS systems.

But is what I asked possible? Is it safer to access the internet through a different computer not taking Malware Applications into account.I guess I don't understand what you are trying to do. You are no safer browsing with one OS than another. Quote from: pcurtj1974 on April 24, 2014, 09:08:08 AM

Is there a way to access the internet through a Computer that runs on Windows 7 /8 and will not be at risk for new exploits? I'm still going to run XP as I have so many good games that will not run on Windows 7 or later OS. I also still run a few older Pentium systems with old GPUs for games that have no hope of running on Win 7 / 8 OS systems.

No.

The "new exploits" are, in a TECHNICAL sense, being 'given away' by Microsoft.

What used to happen with each Patch is malware authors/hackers would take apart the updates and figure out what Microsoft patched and figure out how to take advantage of that problem on unpatched machines. The problem is that now, with XP no longer receiving the same updates, the updates for later versions can often still be reverse engineered and the exploit could still be applicable for XP, because sometimes the security problems are long-standing issues that MS has only recently become aware of.

An exploit is simply an unexpected result from otherwise normal operation. For example, Windows 95 had a bug in it's network stack that allowed a certain set of PACKETS to be sent to any windows 95 machine to cause it to Blue Screen.

You can't "run the internet" through a more modern system to "filter" the internet of exploits for another older system. It would be analogous to if a car has messed up steering and you tried to fix it by pushing it with a car that had good steering.Ok, Thanks all

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