WINDOWS 2000 PROFESSIONAL - SECURITY

I have WP2000 which copes fine with my limited needs (mostly surfing and email).

However, as this is no longer being supported by MS, I no longer receive anything from Windows Update.

I am running Sunbelt firewall who tell me that they have no plans to withdraw support for WP2000 in the near future.

I also have Avast anti virus (free home edition) who tell me that the next edition will no longer support WP2000.

Thus, in the near future I will only have firewall protection.

I don't particularly want to move to Windows 7 - it will require a learning curve and in any case I would only want to migrate (in say 9-12 months time) when most of the early bugs have been eliminated.

If I soldier on with WP2000, what are my risks and what can I do to overcome/minimisse them?

...However, as this is no longer being supported by MS, I no longer receive anything from Windows Update....

According to Microsoft, support will continue until 7/13/2010
http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?LN=en-us&x=8&y=10&p1=3071

Are you sure that your firewall is not blocking Windows Update?

I was in the same situation as you and abandoned Win2k about 6 months ago.  Windows XP will supported until 4/8/2014

What is "WP2000"?

What is "WP2000"?

See title of thread.

Is that an official abbreviation? I just wanted to make sure that the OP is not actually referring to WordPerfect 2000, which is what "WP2000" means to me.

Thanks for posting this...I was just going to check on a Firewall Solution for my Windows 2000 Professional that I just found out Zone Alarm no longer supports Win 2000 Pro SP4. Going to try the:

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Sunbelt firewall that you mentioned in your post.

Thanks

Thanks for posting this...I was just going to check on a Firewall Solution for my Windows 2000 Professional that I just found out Zone Alarm no longer supports Win 2000 Pro SP4. Going to try the:

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Sunbelt firewall that you mentioned in your post.

This is getting a tad off topic. But Sunbelt is much better then ZoneAlarm anyway.
My favorite firewalls are Comodo, Sunbelt and AviraFirewall (part of their Premium Security Suite).