So, what is the FBI saying, to whom, and how? The FBI warning came by way of a private industry notification (PIN) that has been distributed to private sector partners in the United States. If that sounds like bad news to you, there’s also some good: it appears you can still upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10 for free. The FBI also want to have a word with you if you are a Windows 7 user. ![]() That is a fact that concerns me, as a security person. Apart from the fact that it's none of these things, of course: Windows 7 remains the second biggest desktop and laptop OS with around a quarter of the market share, behind Windows 10 and ahead of Mac OS X 10. ![]() Windows 7 is dead it has ceased to be, expired and gone to meet its maker. ![]() That was the latest in a whole string of security warnings about continuing to use an operating system that has already long-since reached its official end of life status. ![]() FBI warns Windows 7 users to update to Windows 10 SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesĪlmost exactly one month ago, on July 10, I warned Windows 7 users about the risk of using the Zoom client courtesy of a security vulnerability that wasn't exploitable on either Windows 8 or Windows 10.
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