Microsoft has announced that Will no longer offer Windows 7 security updates.Although it will continue to work, it will no longer receive security patches, so it is not recommended to continue using it due to the vulnerability to possible attacks.
Windows 7 stops receiving security updates, leaving it vulnerable to possible cyber attacks.
Two years ago now, in 2020, Microsoft already confirmed that it would no longer offer patches intended for the end consumer and only the companies that continued to pay for technical support have continued to receive them since then, a situation that is now also coming to an end. These are the Professional, Enterprise and Professional for Embedded Systems editions.
As a fallback as soon as the Windows Embedded POSReady 7 loophole remains, a version of Windows 7 specifically designed for point of salewhich is supported until October 2024, when it will be 15 years since the release of this version of the operating system.
In parallel it has also been announced that it will also Windows 8.1 will stop receiving updateswhen it is 10 years since its release. For a year now, users of this version of Microsoft’s operating system have been receiving notifications from the developer to upgrade their computers to Windows 11.
According to Statcounter data, the three most installed versions of Microsoft’s operating system worldwide are as follows:
-Windows 7: 11 %.
-Windows 11: 17 %[19659009
-Windows 10: 68 %[19659010
Without new security updates coming from Microsoft also the software developers themselves will not provide updates for their programs running on Windows 7, which may lead to. cyber attackers to redouble their efforts. to exploit vulnerabilities in these computers. Given that hardware requirements may be a barrier to upgrading computers with a few years behind them to the latest version, Windows 11, it may be more advisable to move from Windows 7 to Windows 10, a version of the operating system that is not as demanding in this area and whose support will end in 2025.
