Microsoft Building Entrance Licensing: 36 days to retire from XP

Washington (reporter Zhang Yiyi) "retired from XP 36 days", a clear sign in the Wangjing at the Microsoft Building entrance. Yesterday, Microsoft China said it would work with Tencent and other domestic security software vendors to provide the necessary security services to domestic users after the April 8 XP system retired. However, the most classic Windows system in the memory of many users has stopped security upgrades. Familiar with the boot music, a green space slowly displayed on the screen above ... Windows XP, born in 2001, was hailed by the internet industry as "one of the greatest works in Microsoft's history." Despite the announcement that the XP system would retire two years ago, Microsoft's official data show that 200 million users are still using XP systems, many of them corporate users. Following Microsoft's definition of "termination support for XP", users will no longer receive new security upgrades, unsecured patches, free payment support and online content upgrades from Microsoft's XP system after April 8. Microsoft's latest Microsoft Security report says XP system in the absence of updates, its virus infection rate is 6 times times Windows8, and hackers can reverse engineering, verify that the program vulnerabilities exist in the XP system, so as to find the opportunity to write malicious code, to achieve network intrusion. "Microsoft China has taken special action to work closely with its leading internet security and anti-virus manufacturer, including Tencent, to provide exclusive security to all users of China using XP, before they choose to upgrade to a new generation of operating systems." In yesterday's letter to the user, Microsoft China said. In addition, to ensure a smooth migration of the new system, Microsoft will continue to provide users with malware front and engine updates before July 14, 2015. Tencent related responsible person revealed that Tencent has United Jinshan, Sogou, know the creation of Yu, cloud vulnerability platform, such as security manufacturers set up "XP Guardian alliance" for users to launch a joint defense plan, including XP vulnerabilities and active defense mechanism, to protect users online security. However, Microsoft Greater China Vice President Shenwey said that many of the operating system security upgrades need to be done in the kernel, even if the third party software after April 8 to provide security support, but can not operate the kernel. This means that even with the help of Third-party security software, the XP system will still have some security implications. "XP is a 13-year-old product that, in general, cannot cope with the security requirements of the mobile internet age." "Windows system memorabilia August 24, 1995 Microsoft launched Windows95, the first occurrence of the" Start "button, 2001 retired June 25, 1998, Microsoft launched Windows98, July 11, 2006 to stop major security updates February 17, 2000, Microsoft launched windows2000,2010 year July 13 to stop supporting WINDOWS2000SERVER2001 October 25 Microsoft launched windowsxp,2014 April 8 Retirement 2006 Microsoft launched the WindowsVista2009 year Microsoft launched Windows7