"Exploit Protection for Microsoft Windows"

[Venustus]

Here:
http://www.welivesecurity.com/2013/12/13/exploit-protection-for-microsoft-windows/

 

[Ink]

Windows XP users lose out, but think they're still invincible.

 

[aztony]

Windows XP users lose out, but think they're still invincible.

I think that is a very broad statement painting all XP users with the same brush. I think that intermediate and advanced users who understand how the OS works and the potential vulnerabilities of the kernel, as well as having a balanced knowledge of 3rd party security programs, their viability at the application level, can fortify XP in a way the average/inexperienced user can't. See article I wrote here.
Even with those actions taken, and understanding there was simply no way to mitigate exploits to the kernel without patching, I elected to install Zorin, a Linux distro, along side XP. Just in case...