End of Windows 7 is Nigh; OS is Targeted by Hackers
According to Webroot experts' analysis, Windows 7 is becoming a target for hackers more than twice as often as the latest version of Microsoft's operating system.
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In a few months - in January 2020 - Microsoft will officially end its for Windows 7. Webroot has prepared a report that suggests that as we approach this date, the aforementioned version of the OS is more and more willingly attacked by cybercriminals. Windows 7 computers are more than twice as likely to be infected with viruses as those on which the latest version of Microsoft's OS is installed.
"In general, computers running Windows 7 are twice as likely to be infected as PCs using Windows 10. The statistics are about 0.12 infections per Windows 7 device - so far in 2019 - and 0.05 infections per Windows 10 computer," we read in the report.
In Windows 7, the number of infections increased by 71% since last year. Most often (in 64% of cases) home s are the victims. Viruses hide in places where some less advanced s do not have access - in %temp% (41%), %appdata% (24%) and %cache% (11%) folders.
"There are many factors contributing to this discrepancy, including the fact that most enterprise devices are protected by business-class firewalls and mandatory security, while home s may be more lax in protecting their devices. Secondly, the average person is more likely to be cautious when browsing the Internet on a work device that belongs to their employer."
The statistics speak for themselves - if you are still using Windows 7, we recommend changing to a newer version, or at least getting a good antivirus software.
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