Microsoft will end support for Windows XP officially on 8 April - more than 12 years since the operating system was launched back in 2001 .
And users hoping to earn a few months , or perhaps years , outside the operating system was a severe blow by Microsoft .
Security Essentials
In addition to ending security patches such as updates to the aging operating system , Microsoft has also announced that it will stop providing what amounts to a first line of defense for many XP users . Noting that " technical assistance for Windows XP is no longer available , including automatic updates ," the company said " also fail to offer Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows XP download on this date. "
securityessentialsMicrosoft Security Essentials, the , thin free successor to Windows Live OneCare protects against trojans , rootkits and other malware in Windows XP , 7 and Vista ( Security Essentials replaces Windows Defender in Windows 8 ) . Because of its tight integration with the operating system , lightweight operation and the lack of a price tag , emerged as "good enough" for the protection of user scores .
In a few months , that protection is set to disappear.
The Microsoft security experts have warned that come April malware programmers unleash a wave of malicious programs for Windows XP, making the data of the users and the companies that are still operating system dependent endangered . Developed during the middle of a nascent Internet , Windows XP is just showing their age , according to Tim Rains , director of Microsoft Trustworthy Computing.
Stark threat
" Microsoft Windows XP was released almost 12 years ago , which is an eternity in terms of technology ," he said in a blog post on October 29. Inevitably, Rains said , "there is a turning point in the software and hardware of date and can not defend against the threats of today and increasingly sophisticated cyber- criminals. "
Windows XP, while still officially supported , is now lagging behind its successors. The rains were reported, for example, that " Windows XP systems had an infection rate that was six times higher than Windows 8. " And since Windows has a legacy of shared code between operating systems , cybercriminals may have signs future patches are released for Windows 7 and 8 to further exploit the weaknesses of XP.
In August, the Rains painted a sharper picture. " As a security update is never available for Windows XP to address these vulnerabilities , Windows XP vulnerability is essentially a " zero-day "forever ," he said .
Millions of users are still clinging to Windows XP, despite warnings from Microsoft . At last count , XP held 28.98 percent of the market for desktop operating systems in December 2013 , down 2.24 percent from the previous month , according to Netmarketshare . Only Windows 7 bests in terms of popularity ( 47.52 percent).
The data suggest that there will still be many holdout XP after cutoff XP support . Windows 8.x (8 and 8.1 combined) only managed to break the record of 10 percent last month thanks to a jump of 1.19 percent of the November figures .
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