Microsoft Corp on April 8th have released Windows
XP final security updates as the users have been warned by the security experts
that they need to abandon the products in order
to prevent from the prime targets for cyber attacks.
In the previous
update they said that after the dead line date of April 8 they no longer issue
updates of security to address viruses and exploits to the operating system.
They advised users to upgrade to a new Windows 8 computer.
In every month on second Tuesday Microsoft manually rolls
out new security updates and it is known as “Patch Tuesday.” Again the Patch
Tuesday falls on 13th of May.
Security experts say they believe hackers will study that
data and "reverse engineer" the May Patch Tuesday software updates to
identify ways to attack computers running Windows XP, along with Office 2003,
which will no longer receive patches from Microsoft.
"Attackers will use this as an accelerator. It's an
easier way to get at machines," said Wolfgang Kandek, chief technology
officer with cyber security firm Qualys Inc.
From the past decades new security features have been integrated
into the software and Microsoft wants users to move to the latest modern version
which makes it far more efficient in thwarting cyber attacks.
According to the security firms estimate updates that was
released in October 2001 says that about 15 to 25 percent of the world's PCs
still run on the version of the operating system and the world's largest
software maker in 2007 has first warned that they are planning to end support
for Windows XP.
According to NCR one of the leading ATM makers updates around
third of the world's 2.2 million ATMs have been updated with the newer
operating systems.
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