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Cuireadh an snáithe seo sa chartlann. Cuir ceist nua má tá cabhair uait.

will I be able to browse even if not safely?

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If I want to browse generally about anything on such as Wikipedia or casual searches, will I be able to search despite the fact that it won't be safe any longer?

If I want to browse generally about anything on such as Wikipedia or casual searches, will I be able to search despite the fact that it won't be safe any longer?

Réiteach roghnaithe

Yes, of course you'll be able to browse.

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Hi, you have till Sept. Lots of time to figure things out. Upgrade some how move to Linux. Not to worry yet, no more than you have been. Anti-virus is least of the problems out there it is Malware.

But do plan as can use it as long as you want to. But planning ahead should be now.

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Windows Vista has been EOL since April 2017.

So you are aware: https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr/

As you may know the 52.9.x ESR will get more and more vulnerable and will potentially not support any new cipher and TLS changes and such as time goes on.

For example some sites like eBay and PayPal are now looking for web browsers that support TLS 1.2 at minimum (which Firefox has by default since 27.0) and Firefox 60.0 and later supports TLS 1.3 by default now.

Besides using Windows 7 or later there is the option of dual booting with a light Linux distro (Xubuntu and Lubuntu among others) that still supports the old 32-bit CPU's.

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thank you so much for being kind enough to reply to my question but since am just a kid ,can you please make a bit more easy for me to understand if i can browse in future or not? am really sorry if by any chance you find my way of asking rude or ungrateful but i hope u understand .

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Réiteach Roghnaithe

Yes, of course you'll be able to browse.