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no more Crome updates for Vista
After updating Chrome on my (Vista) notebook I just got the following
message: Version 48.0.2564.82 m Google Chrome has been updated. This computer will soon receive no more Google Chrome updates since Windows XP and Windows Vista are no longer supported. Do I run a risk when continuing to use Chrome on this notebook? -- |\ /| | \/ |@rk \../ \/os |
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no more Crome updates for Vista
On 23/01/16 12:34, Linea Recta wrote:
After updating Chrome on my (Vista) notebook I just got the following message: Version 48.0.2564.82 m Google Chrome has been updated. This computer will soon receive no more Google Chrome updates since Windows XP and Windows Vista are no longer supported. Do I run a risk when continuing to use Chrome on this notebook? Yes, but anything of this sort is apparently less risky than running Windows 10, so you might not feel the need to really worry about it. -- Adrian C |
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no more Crome updates for Vista
Linea Recta wrote:
After updating Chrome on my (Vista) notebook I just got the following message: Version 48.0.2564.82 m Google Chrome has been updated. This computer will soon receive no more Google Chrome updates since Windows XP and Windows Vista are no longer supported. Do I run a risk when continuing to use Chrome on this notebook? Options: 1) Sit tight and enjoy your un-updated browser. For example, if Chrome has SHA-2 (SHA256) certificate capability for https today, then you're "up to date" on service-affecting protocol changes. 2) There is Chrome (closed source, Google) and Chromium (open source). They're basically the same browser. You can see whether Chromium can fulfill your needs. Worst case, you find their build recipe, and build new versions from source. (I just finished doing this for Firefox, and it can be done. All you need is the recipe...) Then the question would be, whether PepperFlash is included in Chromium, so your Flash stays up to date. HTH, Paul |
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no more Crome updates for Vista
On 23/01/2016 12:34, Linea Recta wrote:
Do I run a risk when continuing to use Chrome on this notebook? No as long as you use some common sense. I mean stop visiting dodgy sites and all that. Has your machine got anti-virus/Anti-Malware software of some sort? -- /*This post contains rich text (HTML). if you don't like it then you can kill-filter the poster without crying about it like a small baby so that you don't see this poster's posts ever again.*/ /*This message is best read in Mozilla Thunderbird as it uses 21st century technology.*/ |
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no more Crome updates for Vista
| Do I run a risk when continuing to use Chrome on this notebook?
| | No as long as you use some common sense. I mean stop visiting dodgy | sites and all that. That's *very* outdated advice. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvertising It has little to do with what websites you visit. Script, Java and Adobe products are the biggest risk, with script being the main one. And as one can see at the link above, blocking ads and 3rd- party files has actually become a very good security strategy. That's because the common attack method these days is to plant attack ads on legitimate websites. The person buying the ad is several step removed from the actual website owner. In other words, an attack ad on Yahoo might run for days without notice because Yahoo is just letting ad servers manage their ads, and those ad servers may have further subcontracted the process. Nobody's minding the store. |
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no more Crome updates for Vista
"Paul" schreef in bericht
... Linea Recta wrote: After updating Chrome on my (Vista) notebook I just got the following message: Version 48.0.2564.82 m Google Chrome has been updated. This computer will soon receive no more Google Chrome updates since Windows XP and Windows Vista are no longer supported. Do I run a risk when continuing to use Chrome on this notebook? Options: 1) Sit tight and enjoy your un-updated browser. For example, if Chrome has SHA-2 (SHA256) certificate capability for https today, then you're "up to date" on service-affecting protocol changes. 2) There is Chrome (closed source, Google) and Chromium (open source). They're basically the same browser. You can see whether Chromium can fulfill your needs. Worst case, you find their build recipe, and build new versions from source. (I just finished doing this for Firefox, and it can be done. All you need is the recipe...) Then the question would be, whether PepperFlash is included in Chromium, so your Flash stays up to date. HTH, Paul Yeah and... it has to support Chromecast! -- |\ /| | \/ |@rk \../ \/os |
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no more Crome updates for Vista
"Good Guy" schreef in bericht ...
On 23/01/2016 12:34, Linea Recta wrote: Do I run a risk when continuing to use Chrome on this notebook? No as long as you use some common sense. I mean stop visiting dodgy sites and all that. Has your machine got anti-virus/Anti-Malware software of some sort? -- This post contains rich text (HTML). if you don't like it then you can kill-filter the poster without crying about it like a small baby so that you don't see this poster's posts ever again. This message is best read in Mozilla Thunderbird as it uses 21st century technology. Yes Comodo internet security. But lately there are also unsolved Vista compatibility issues with that. -- |\ /| | \/ |@rk \../ \/os |
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no more Crome updates for Vista
On 01/23/2016 06:34 AM, Linea Recta wrote:
After updating Chrome on my (Vista) notebook I just got the following message: Version 48.0.2564.82 m Google Chrome has been updated. This computer will soon receive no more Google Chrome updates since Windows XP and Windows Vista are no longer supported. Do I run a risk when continuing to use Chrome on this notebook? You could use Firefox. There are currently no plans to drop support for Vista (or XP). -- Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "My country, right or wrong; to be defended when right and righted when wrong." -- Thomas Jefferson |
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no more Crome updates for Vista
On Sat, 23 Jan 2016 10:23:38 -0500, Paul wrote:
Linea Recta wrote: After updating Chrome on my (Vista) notebook I just got the following message: Version 48.0.2564.82 m Google Chrome has been updated. This computer will soon receive no more Google Chrome updates since Windows XP and Windows Vista are no longer supported. Do I run a risk when continuing to use Chrome on this notebook? Options: 1) Sit tight and enjoy your un-updated browser. For example, if Chrome has SHA-2 (SHA256) certificate capability for https today, then you're "up to date" on service-affecting protocol changes. 2) There is Chrome (closed source, Google) and Chromium (open source). They're basically the same browser. You can see whether Chromium can fulfill your needs. Worst case, you find their build recipe, and build new versions from source. (I just finished doing this for Firefox, and it can be done. All you need is the recipe...) There is also SRWare's build of Chromium, called "Iron" http://www.srware.net/en/software_srware_iron.php I don't know whether or it will support Vista going forwards. Then the question would be, whether PepperFlash is included in Chromium, so your Flash stays up to date. AFAIK no, but you can download the PPAPI ("Pepper") Flash plugin from Adobe. -- Kind regards Ralph |
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no more Crome updates for Vista
On 1/23/2016 7:34 AM, Linea Recta wrote:
After updating Chrome on my (Vista) notebook I just got the following message: Version 48.0.2564.82 m Google Chrome has been updated. This computer will soon receive no more Google Chrome updates since Windows XP and Windows Vista are no longer supported. Do I run a risk when continuing to use Chrome on this notebook? A Chrome clone, Slimjet is compatible with Windows XP (w/ sp2), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 2003/2008/2012. Outdoes Chrome in EVERY respect, IMHO. http://www.slimjet.com/en/ |