Since April 11, 2017, the old operating system will not receive update patches against possible new vulnerabilities
In an attempt to push an increasing number of users to the new and performing Windows 10, Microsoft in a few months will end support for Windows Vista. Users, in fact, have just under 60 days to choose a later version.
Windows Vista, an operating system that has never been as successful as hoped by the American company, according to what we learn in the last few hours, from April 11, 2017 will not receive update patches against viruses and malware. This means that in the presence of new vulnerabilities, the security of computers, which still use the old operating system, could be in danger. Microsoft users will be able to switch, possibly before it closes support for Vista, to Windows 7, which will continue to be updated, barring changes in plans, until 2020, to either Windows 8 or Windows 10.
A farewell with no hard feelings
Considering the low number of users still using Windows Vista, Microsoft should not encounter the same problems experienced a few years ago. The California-based company, when in 2014 it ended support for Windows XP, one of the most beloved operating systems, ran into some resistance among users, reluctant to switch to what was then the new OS. In fact, for several reasons, Windows Vista has never been so convincing. Secondo i dati diffusi dagli analisti di NetMarketShare, oggi solo lo 0,84% dei computer ha ancora installato Vista.
Perché è importante essere sempre aggiornati
Un computer non aggiornato con regolarità rischia di essere compromesso dagli hacker, abili a sfruttare le vulnerabilità scoperte nei sistemi operativi. Microsoft puntualmente rilascia delle patch di aggiornamento proprio per scongiurare queste possibilità. Il consiglio è, se ancora avete un pc che gira con Windows Vista, di passare a una delle versioni più recenti dell’OS di Microsoft prima dell’11 aprile.
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