WINDOWS 2000 PROFESSIONAL - SECURITY

[Jeffrey]

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?

[Computer_Commando]

...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

[Salmon Trout]

What is "WP2000"?

[Computer_Commando]

What is "WP2000"?

See title of thread.

[Salmon Trout]

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.

[DaveLembke]

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

[Cityscape]

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).