Good news for users of Windows XP

Windows XP had was 12 years old is still a favorite of both operating systems that used PC users around the world. Its popularity has been disalip by his successor, Windows 7.

Previously, Microsoft has announced it will discontinue its support for Windows XP and Office 2003 on April 8, 2014. However, Microsoft announced an anti-malware application, contained in XP will still be supported by Microsoft until July 14, 2015.

Of course this is good news for consumers, because the home free antivirus application Microsoft Security Essentials will still get updates after ending support for Windows XP.

As for the consumer, enterprise, the same thing also applies to System Center software Endpoint Protection, Forefront Client Security, Forefront Endpoint Protection, and Windows Intune which runs with Windows XP.

As reported by The Next Web, Wednesday (15/1/2014), currently Microsoft is in a position of being squeezed. On the one hand they had to be brought in order for consumers and businesses to leave Windows XP onto a more secure product again with the end of support.

While on the other hand, are out there still many users Windows XP where if left well enough alone without any support, it will be dangerous.

Microsoft claims to have conducted research that the results show the effectiveness of anti-malware in an operating system that is no longer supported apparently limited.

Some suggestions that Microsoft recommended among other things, using a more modern piece of software that has the latest security technology and still have regular updates, perform security updates on a regular basis, and use up-to-date antivirus software.

With these options, Windows XP users only have the latter option, namely to use the latest antivirus.

Research Institute Gartner predicts about 15 percent of the company's middle-class and enterprise are currently still using Windows XP. In offices, at least 10 percent of the computers belonging to still use the OS that is identical to the desktop picture, green hills and a blue sky.