Microsoft warns WinXP users to upgrade operating system

Source: Internet
Author: User
Keywords Microsoft Windows XP
Beijing Times News (reporter Guo Menglin) Microsoft's network security report released yesterday showed that the landmark "Data Execution Protection" (DEP) technology used by Windows XP was not enough to face today's growing network threat, and it was imperative that users migrate from WinXP to more modern operating systems. It is reported that the safety report includes more than 100 countries and regions, as well as more than 1 billion computer systems worldwide detailed security data. In the first half of this year, 17% of computers running Microsoft's latest real-world security products have been hit by malware, according to data from the report. Although the number of WIN8 system users encounter malicious software and WinXP users are basically equivalent, but WinXP system users risk of hacking is 6 times times that of WIN8 system users. The report said that the current WinXP accounted for about 21% of the world, accounting for 58.7% of our country. specifically to the domestic, worm, Trojan virus and disguise to prevent antivirus software protection Program code obfuscation technology is the most common security threat. Once WinXP is terminated on April 8, 2014 and no longer has a security update, the security risk of continuing to use WinXP will be significantly elevated.
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