Fund class=”text”> typical image of Windows XP desktop. (FILE)
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next April 8, 2014 , Microsoft will no longer support the latest operating system Windows XP, the XP Service Pack 3 (SP3). This is not supposed to launch security updates, patches or bug fixes that system, and no support will be offered with all the security risks that entails. The solution is, as explained from Consumer , to upgrade the computers to a newer version, including Windows 8 operating system and office suite Office 2013. And Microsoft also stop supporting Microsoft Office 2003 , one of the most popular office software users.
It is still usedWindows XP still retains more than 30% of the market for desktop operating systems
In terms of users and licenses, this ratio means that the Windows XP operating system is present at about 500 million computers around the world, from household appliances to computers to small and medium businesses . This permanence is due both to economic reasons, and the quality of this version of Windows against some of its successors.
gradually, Microsoft has dropped support for Windows XP versions in the past, to force the change of both equipment and licenses. Thus, in 2006 he stopped with version Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) and in 2010 with Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).
Windows XPnot prepared to face this new ecosystem formats, social networks or applications in the “cloud”
On this occasion, with Service Pack 3, Microsoft has created a website to explain the reason for the end of support to one of their most popular operating systems. According to the American company, the lifecycle supports its products is a maximum of 10 years : five years of mainstream support and extended support five.addition, Microsoft argues, rightly, that many of the information technologies that are used today were not produced in the last decade. For this reason, Windows XP not ready to meet this new ecosystem of formats, social networks or applications in the “cloud”.
The end of support for Windows XP SP3 means that after the announced date, Microsoft will no longer release security updates, patches or bug fixes system nor provide technical support (free or not for a fee) through of its customer channels. Therefore, the main recommendation is Microsoft users upgrade their computers to a newer version, including the operating system Windows 8 and office suite Office 2013 .
“Xpocalypse”
The main problem for users and companies who are still using Windows XP on their computers is that the risk from increasing threats . Also, because of this lack of protection and the high number of computers running Windows XP, the operating system will be the focus of cybercriminal gangs who seek new vulnerabilities to gain remote control of the computer and have access to confidential information and user credentials.
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Rain, Microsoft security engineer, writes in detail in the Microsoft Security blog about risks continue using Windows XP after April 2014. Basically, concludes that cybercriminals try to detect security holes in Windows XP, for which vulnerabilities are discovered based on later versions of the Windows operating system and which were not corrected for Windows XP.
A computer with Windows XP will be exposed to all kinds of intrusions and some analysts believe the problem created by this lack of support will be of great proportions, as affect millions of computers around the world. In fact, this event has been dubbed as “Xpocalypse”.
not all users can perform this update. Many can not or will not buy the new computer would need to install Windows 8 or Windows XP is considered enough to serve everyday tasks they perform. At the same time, it is estimated that cybercriminals have today with vunerabilidades discovered in XP , but still not used to waiting for Microsoft to stop support the operating system and, thus, can massively use them without Microsoft do something about it.
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