> Vista users need to run their Microsoft update even if it’s set for automatic... <
It’s my understanding that Microsoft no longer updates Vista (or XP). Am I correct?
My understanding, too.
That's why I upgraded to Windows 10, which runs perfectly, just like XP.
I've used Windows for 20 years.
I've been hacked once - when one of my former professors mass mailed an infected email to his former students.
I rebooted into Safe Mode and McAfee destroyed the virus.
Microsoft still updates the XP, Vista, and Win7 users who have paid for support, which is essentially the Enterprise versions still used on commercial systems. In theory they could still update the regular user systems, but that doesn’t make money when they are trying to sell new operating systems and software that only runs on the newest OS.
Keep Java disabled from the control panel menu and your chances for being locked by ransomware goes down to virtually zero.