Have taken your advice - many thanks > Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:48:34 +0000 > From: mullgenealogy@gmail.com > To: sct-isleofmull@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SCT-ISLEOFMULL] Withdrawal of Windows XP > > Hi all, > > I have just checked the MullGenealogy.co.uk website statistics and find > that 24% of those accessing the website are still using Windows XP. > > I would remind those accessing the website that Microsoft's support for > Windows XP finishes on the 8th April. After this date users accessing the > internet with XP do so very much at their own risk. > > This link (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/en-gb/xp/end-of-xp-support.aspx) > gives information about the withdrawal. > > Please believe me when I say that there is a substantial risk of virus and > malware attacks on computers still using XP after the 8th April. Such > attacks could render a computer virtually unusable. Equally beware of spam > messages that say that your computer has been scrambled, pay us £x and we > will fix it. The chances are they are a scam but there is no way of being > certain. > > So all I can say is, better to be safe than sorry, DO NOT connect an XP > computer to the net after the 8th of April. > > The only safe option is to purchase a new computer running either Windows > 7, 8 or 8.1. > > Best regards, > > Ian > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLEOFMULL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message