Should I upgrade XP to 7 when I don't navigate?

Well, I'm trying to decide whether to update my XP OS. I hesitate because I do not browse the internet (no IE, no chrome, no firefox), I don't check e-mail, I have no file sharing programs. My computer is connected to the internet, I guess that's because I have download programs in the past. So my question is: if I don't do anything with the internet, but let's say I keep internet connected, what risk is there in my system information?

Ask yourself questions in a polite way (already a cut above a lot of forum posters), so I have no problem answering or debate in the academic exercises!

You're right, most of the attacks are launched by the action of the user. However, there ARE a of malware scanners looking precarious facilities. How do you think that the servers are infected? Navigation coming from those again that they can get infected also.

You can bet the black hat hackers are sitting on the vulnerabilities that will be used after April. They have not been used before for not to attract the attention of Microsoft. XP is a malicious software time bomb.

In addition, Let's clarify something: your computer password is not security attacks on the Internet. What is your password protects your account from other users of this computer and applies the security permissions in the hard drive. The permissions are applicable only on your computer and can always be replaced by an administrator. For example, if there is another administrator user on your computer account, they could easily downgrade your account, remove your password, or change permissions on your files so that they could watch.

When your computer is turned on and logged in to an account, any program that is running under the same level of privilege as the account it was managed by. In Windows XP, without user account control introduced by Windows Vista (and similar systems on Linux/Mac), this means that any program run by an administrator account automatically wins administrative privileges for the whole computer!

And once malware, it can also install services. A service is a background task that doesn't require any user connected to run account. If even just sitting in front of your computer screen doesn't mean that nothing works. In fact, several legitimate processes ARE running on the login screen, such as the creation of network connections (if you can connect to the Internet or work accounts) or update the computer.

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