To date, Norton has NOT mentioned ending support for Windows 10 due to the fact Microsoft’s greed is taking place again as it did with Windows 7 when W10 can onto the scene. There is a huge customer base that will remain on Windows 10, Norton most likely will continue supporting Windows 10 the same as they supported Windows XP and Vista ages after they were deemed dead and unsupported. Personally, I’m not going down the ESU avenue either for the same reasons I didn’t with Windows 7 for a very long time. Windows 11 is more about “aesthetics” than following a direct patch for functionality. Windows 11 changes things much as we change underwear. Far too often. Don’t expect Norton to dump Windows 10 anytime soon. OPatch states it will offer patches for at least 5 years for Windows 10 critical issues. It won’t be free, but nothing is ever free anymore. Time to decide either way.
On a side note, Microsoft is doing something that should have been done a very long time ago. The CrowdStrike incident has invited moving antivirus and endpoint EDR vendors OUT of Windows Kernel ( Core ). This was attempted before which brought suits from AV vendors screaming anti-competition, which was and is BS. This though makes me wonder if, what we are seeing with the current changes from the Norton core engine as a first step in that direction. In fact there are far more independent Norton processes viewable in Task Manager than I have ever seen before these Avast Core releases. Norton has remained mum on the subject thus far.
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