InfoWorld: Windows XP at risk as antivirus vendors jump ship

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Virus Bulletin VB100 report, focused on fully updated Windows XP systems, shows antivirus manufacturers are giving short shrift to XP, despite its popularity

By Woody Leonhard
MAY 02, 2013

If you owned an antivirus company with tight deadlines and limited resources, would you (a) put more effort into a wildly successful old operating system that really needs help, or (b) shift resources to work on an unpopular new operating system that ships with an adequate, built-in, and free, antivirus package?

Looks like the answer's (b), for reasons that escape me.

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