Finally its 8th
April, the day arrives when Windows XP users won’t be getting support from
Microsoft anymore. Windows XP OS was released in 2001 and it was quoted by
Microsoft that this OS version will work with all its product atleast for 10
years but in 2007, company decided to extended its working till 8th
April 2014 because of its popularity among users.
It is estimated 8
out of 10 computers still using XP. Although there are users who still wants to
continue using Windows XP as their Operating System but now Microsoft is no
more responsible to provide any kind of support or technical assistance so
these computers will be more vulnerable to cyber attacks/hacks. As earlier, Microsoft
used to introduce security update every month to make sure everything is running
smooth and to eliminate all the threats that might hamper the working of
Windows XP.
It’s been
speculated that hackers might have already find new ways to hack Windows XP
computers but they would be waiting until Tuesday i.e. 8th April,
because this is the day when Microsoft will officially stop providing any kind
of support to XP, a security expert said. There would be around millions of
computer under the threat of cyber attacks but Microsoft will no longer be
available to queer those hackers from causing issues to XP OS.
However, as of now
company is unable to give an exact figure of how many updates it has provided
for XP issues but has given an approximate idea of “45 updates” has regarded it
as an infected product between the time periods of July 2012 to July 2013.
Machines still
running on Windows XP is going to make internet a dangerous place, because of
their vulnerability to risk will invite hackers to attack them and through
these infected machines the hacker will get an opportunity they will attack the
valuable information of the customers all over the world.
According to
security experts and analysts, there is good news that the latest editions of
Windows are very secured and capable to handle all kind of risks and issues.
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