Perfect Windows XP Protection

    The hysteria surrounding Windows XP is very similar to "Error 2000," when everyone was afraid of this two thousandth year. How many budgets were laid for this, how much new equipment was sold, and how much was earned from research and consultations ... In general, “there has never been and again,” as Chernomyrdin used to say. Now everyone with the filing of Microsoft is burying Windows XP - they also need new OSes, new equipment, and most importantly consultations on the transition to a more modern one. In fact, the transition to a new version of the OS is often a transition to new hardware, and it is with this money that Microsoft, Intel and other high-tech consumers of money are counting.
    But it seems to me that this operating system has begun a new life. It has long been gone from those who need to constantly update to be in trend, users of games and the Internet, fans to install any software and forget about it. There are only those who use this OS for work, for whom more modern crafts in general do not add anything, except for the resources necessary for all sorts of beauty. Of course, Microsoft is interested in transferring all to new versions, and, of course, for the most stubborn, the legend about the insecurity of Windows XP and mass attacks after the end of support for this OS was invented and promoted. Analysts say that Windows XP’s security suddenly drops - fivefold - in one day. But why change what works. A feature of such "working" configurations of the OS is a stable environment, lack of need for new programs and limited resources. This allows you to make an almost perfect environment for protection.
    Since you don’t need to install any corrections or new programs in the system, it’s enough just to fix the start sequence of the operating system so that not a single malware can integrate into it. To do this, you can protect the BIOS from password modification, make the operating system executable files read-only, and consider any attempt to install a new program or change the configuration in the registry as malicious activity. True, you need to pre-configure "My Documents", temporary directories and a place to store system logs on another disk, which, of course, open including recording, if necessary. As a result, almost perfect protection can be obtained.
    Of course, holes in such a system will remain, so buffer overflows and other attacks will be quite relevant, but malicious ones will not be able to gain a foothold in the system. Therefore, the more often such a system will reboot, the better. Nevertheless, defense mechanisms will work better and more efficiently in an immutable environment - it is enough to control its immutability and suppress unusual application behavior, which is considered a sign of an attack. You can tailor an Open Source product, such as ClamAV, for this purpose, or you can take advantage of commercial developments - Symantec and Safe'n'Sec have products for implementing such principles, so it’s not necessary to abandon working products due to their supposedly insecurity. You can simply change the protection paradigm of Windows XP,

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