11, Microsoft abandoned Win98/ME 100 million users at risk

According to foreign reports, Microsoft will be at the end of 11 security updates to the Win98 operating system, a large number of industry experts said, the old version of the operating system users will face serious danger.

11 this month, Microsoft will be about to stop on Windows (as well as 98 SE), Me, the operating system of these two technical support and security updates. In fact, Microsoft originally planned in 2004 in January, abandoned the old version of the operating system, but later made an extension. According to IDC statistics, by the end of last year, the world has about 48 million genuine Windows98 users, ME users of 25 million. IDC analyst Aaron predicts that by the end of this year, the two operating systems accounted for the proportion of Microsoft OS users is 6%. However, industry analysts believe that, taking into account the number of piracy, even according to the global average piracy of American Business Software Alliance released about 35% of the rate, the two old version of the operating system users should be at least 110 million.

U.S. security company SANS Internet Storm Center Chief Technology Officer Jonathan Ulrich said, because the software is too old, Windows 98 and Me users has been "naturally" with a safety barrier, because a lot of today to write malware, spyware has no law in the old version of the operating system running on. However, some security vendors are no longer on the Windows 98 version of the software to be updated, so continue to use these OS users will face a certain threat.