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Windows XP holdouts are even more danger than ever after Microsoft abandoned anti-malware support for the ancient platform.
Redmond overnight stopped providing XP support for new and existing installs of its Security Essentials package.
The run-as-needed Malicious Software Removal Tool has also been axed, while support for patching ended in April last year for those who aren't paying large wads of cash to stave off an upgrade.
"Please note that since the above real-time protection products have limited effectiveness on PCs that do not have the latest security updates, your PC will still be at risk for infection," Redmond says.
"We strongly recommend that you complete your migration to a supported operating system as soon as possible so that you can receive regular security updates to help protect your computer from malicious attacks."
Netmarketshare.com data shows XP is alive and kicking
Windows XP's market share still beats its loathed successor Windows Vista, MacOS and Linux on the desktop.
The operating has a 12 percent market share or 180 million users, according to netmarketshare.com , putting it in third spot just behind version 8.1 representing 13 percent of installs, and version 7 with a whopping 61 percent of installs.
Are you still running Windows XP? What about your company?
Original Submission
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 16 2015, @01:08PM
2,000,000,000 Win7 and Win8 PCs are safely protected by wiNdowS security essentiAls software preinstalled.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 16 2015, @01:14PM
NSAI? Not-safe AI? Ai rebellion confirmed. I knew it. Thankfully my tinfoil hat will protect me!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 16 2015, @02:05PM
I'd expect a tinfoil hat since you can't differentiate between capital I and lowercase L, apparently.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 16 2015, @03:24PM
Neither can anybody else in many fonts, genius.
(Score: 2) by ticho on Thursday July 16 2015, @03:52PM
Occam's razor. Know it, love it, use it.
(Score: 2) by ngarrang on Thursday July 16 2015, @01:57PM
It is not the immune in a population need to worry about, but the those susceptible to infection. A zombie hoard of XP machines engaging in widespread DDOS attacks is not a pleasant thought.