Demon Lord Razgriz wrote: |
XP is no longer supported, so anything about an update to it is likely a virus.
Not quite
While Windows XP (x86) mainstream support ended in April of 2009, the extended support (security patches and such) will be still provided until mid April 2014. [Note: This is only for SP3, as SP2 support ended mid 2010]. XP (x64) SP2 is supported through April of 2014 as well as it is based on the Windows Server 2003 code base (same kernel actually).*
The reason (as I understand it) that XP is going to get 12½ years of support is that Microsoft locked in the some support contracts with various large organizations (read: US Government agencies) around the time Vista was released. Vista (SP2) support ends in 2017.
*This is rather odd actually as Win Server 2003 support doesn't end until July of 2015. With this in mind I fully expect that any security patches for 2003 will be made available to XP x64 users.