Windows XP use declining, but business's still at risk

The good news is that many business's and users apparently paid attention and heeded the avalanche of warnings from Microsoft and security experts to finally migrate off of Windows XP. But many business's have not taken action and are putting themselves at risk.

The simple reality is that the risk of exploit or compromise of your Windows XP system as well as the risk XP systems pose to the rest of the internet, will only continue to grow with each passing week.

We expect Windows XP defensibility to deteriorate quickly over the next few weeks and months as attackers will find ways to exploit certain aspects of the operating system, internet browser, mail programs, office software and even third-party programs such Adobe PDF reader (Adobe says they will not update Adobe Reader on XP anymore).

Microsoft will only release patches and updates to fix flaws in supported versions of Windows. Microsoft won't test Windows XP to verify whether or not those same flaws exist in the legacy OS, nor will it develop a patch to fix the unsupported platform. 

Attackers, however, will be able to reverse engineer the updates Microsoft develops for later versions of Windows to identify the vulnerabilities patched, figure out if those same holes exist in Windows XP, and craft exploits to compromise the vulnerable systems. 

Those who ignore the mountain of warnings and continue to use Windows XP do so at their own risk. Continuing to use Windows XP on the public internet is akin to going out in public with an active virus and coughing on people. That is not nice at all !

What Do I Need To Do ?

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