Microsoft Warns Windows 7 Users Of Looming End To Security Updates

Zack Whittaker, TechCrunch
Wed, 03/20/2019 - 2:58pm

Microsoft has rolled out a patch that will warn Windows 7 users that security updates will soon come to an end. The patch rolled out Wednesday warning users of the impending deadline, January 14, 2020, when the software giant will no longer roll out fixes for security flaws and vulnerabilities. The deadline comes some 10 years after Windows 7 first debuted in 2009, more than half a decade before Microsoft’s most recent operating system Windows 10 was introduced. Microsoft’s move to stop issuing security updates is part of the company’s ongoing effort to push users to its latest software, which stands on a greater security foundation and improvements to mitigate attacks. Starting April 18, users on Windows 7 will begin receiving warnings about the approaching cut-off. Windows 7 still commands some 40 percent of the desktop market, according to Net Applications.

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