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   carlz@holget.com to hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
   Re: Malicious software removal tool   
   11 Jun 14 10:11:54   
   
   On Wed, 11 Jun 2014 03:29:55 +0200, Steve Hayes   
    wrote:   
      
   >I thought Microsoft was ending support for Windows XP last April, and that   
   >there would be no more updates and patches for XP.   
   >   
   >But today I was offered a download of a "Malicious Software Removal Tool".   
   >   
   >Can this be trusted?   
   >   
   >Will it work with XP?   
      
   MS warned against doing any further downloads of "updates" because   
   those "updates" were not being checked to see if they were compatible   
   with XP.  I turned off my update feature.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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