Survive With Windows 7

Please forgive me if this is posted in the wrong section. Support for Windows 7 has ended, i am wondering if i can survive with windows 7 using Malwarebytes Pro, Nod32 AV, and SpywareBlaster? Again i apologize if this has been addressed and/or post in the wrong section.

 

You will be OK for at least a few years as long as software writers support Windows 7. Those are some good programs. Does Nod32 have ESET's firewall? Their FW is nice for sure.

I won't go to Windows 10 myself, but I have begun the slow transition to Linux. I installed Linux Manjaro on a secondary drive on a computer here. So far, the experiment has gone better than I thought it might. Only issue is losing Microsoft Office for me. Otherwise, there is a VERY large amount of software there, and OpenOffice covers the office software requirement well enough for me.

I like Manjaro because it updates like Windows. It's a rolling release in that way. No need to constantly reinstall the OS. Also, Linux is getting better SO FAST. It's way better than say 5 years ago, and I thought it was pretty good then. If you can duel boot, it's worth installing on a backup drive or a Flash drive if you are on a laptop...

 

When XP went EOL there were ways to keep getting updates either 3rd parties or some reg edits, I seem to remember MS even released a fix for a nasty bug right after the EOL. So if you keep an eye open I'm sure you'll find someone still supporting Win 7. Linux is fine for running a desktop - word processing & browsing the net, but if you get deeper it seems to get complicated, with software installation. Some distros have a good "packet manager" others expect you to know how to add dependicies and make (compile) your own versions. Some software only runs on some versions of Linux, so you need to know what core you are running, and so on..not as easy as Win7, 8, 10
"Almost six hundred Linux distributions exist, with close to five hundred out of those in active development. Because of the huge availability of software, distributions have taken a wide variety of forms, including those suitable for use on desktops, servers, laptops, netbooks, mobile phones and tablets...here are commercially-backed distributions, such as Fedora (Red Hat), openSUSE (SUSE) and Ubuntu (Canonical Ltd.), and entirely community-driven distributions, such as Debian, Slackware, Gentoo and Arch Linux. Most distributions come ready to use and pre-compiled for a specific instruction set, while some distributions (such as Gentoo) are distributed mostly in source code form and compiled locally during installation." Quoted from Wikipedia

 

thanks so much, no i just use their antivirus software have been for 15 years.

thank you good to know i am not alone with Win7

 

I run Windows 7 Ultimate.
No SP1, no updates, no Antivirus/Anti Malware/Internet Security.
No problem.

 

Still have to be wary, Eldon especially if you go looking for hard to find drivers (like when helping someone with older systems) I alwys scan mine regularly, and like yourself, Iamnot getting totally rid of W7(Ultimate)-I am getting around to installing it in VM mode, permanently, instead of triple boot(W7, 8.1, AND w10I am revamping my W10 pro, and just installing the others in VM's vm's. Also, I only use W7 Ult x 64 without updates in VM at present and have no trouble.As a normal system, I have it fully updated.

 

For the 8.1.... just install Classic Shell and have it give you the Win '7 look and you should be home free.

https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/classic_shell.html

It's from 2017 but for '8 you should be good.

If him or you are on a limited internet plan it needs some more tweaking, but if it's cable or some other high data capability no worries.

I kinda like 8.1 regardless of the down-talk. Though I do run '7 on my main hard drive and on my ssd.

 

You can still receive updates with a bypass. Not sure if it's allowed here though, so do a search for BypassESU if you want to stay with W7. This will allow you to receive security updates until the extended updates subside.

 

I have one old laptop with 7 built-in