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Old 09-10-2025, 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by virtue51 View Post
Using software no longer supported leaves your computer at risk. Without the support, you are not receiving updates that protect the computer from viruses, spyware and other malicious software.
That advice is mainly for the operating system.
For Office, just disable scripts, java, and macros. Then you are fine. Nothing malicious has ever been identified that works without scripting enabled.