Microsoft stopped support for Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista SP1
Microsoft officially stopped support for Windows sale Vista SP1 on July 12. One day later, Microsoft also stopped support for Windows sale XP SP2. Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista SP1 are going into grave. Microsoft recommends that customers who are using Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista SP1 upgrade to Windows 7 sale.
From August 24, 2011, the day Microsoft released Windows XP to now, Windows XP sale still have 45% of the operating system share markets around the world. Mikko Hypponen said Windows XP sale is the most unsafe in today’s major PC operating systems, including Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Linux and Mac OS X. The security architecture of Windows XP sale is not the latest, it is not surprising.
Considering Windows XP sale has a high market share, if the attacker to spend time and money targeting other operating systems, it is undoubtedly a fool. The attacker enjoy the present so much, just the easiest target is the most popular target.
According to the Microsoft Windows life table, it is safe to use Windows Vista SP2 to April 10, 2012 and to use Windows XP SP3 to April 8, 2014. But you had better to upgrade your operating system to Windows 7 sale as early as possible.