XP has a high risk of insecurity

Yesterday, Microsoft released its annual security report in Guangzhou. The reporter of the "Daily Economic News" noted that in this report, Microsoft exposed that there are many security risks in Windows-XP and will terminate all of XP on April 8, 2014. Technical support services.

Industry insiders believe that Microsoft's move is intended to force users to upgrade to WIN8, and thus the introduction of traditional desktop users to Microsoft mobile terminals. It wants to convert the original resources, allowing users to form a cognitive and habitual dependence on WIN8, and then push the WP mobile terminal, which will be relatively easy.

However, industry insiders also pointed out that Microsoft's use of security issues to scare users to migrate can not work, but also depends on Microsoft's mobile user development environment and business needs, and mobile office for PC users to import mobile users.

XP risk is 6 times that of Win8?

The latest "Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Vol.15" includes security data from more than 100 countries and regions and more than 1 billion computer systems worldwide, interpreting the latest security threats caused by software vulnerabilities, attacks, and malware. According to the report, in the first half of 2013, nearly 17% of computers running Microsoft’s latest real-time security products had encountered malware.

According to the report, the number of Windows 8 system users encountering malicious software is almost the same as that of Windows XP system users, but the risk of Windows XP system users being hacked is 6 times that of Windows 8. Microsoft’s Vice President of Greater China and General Manager of Marketing Strategy, and Xie Enwei, Chief Cloud Computing Strategy Officer at Microsoft Greater China, pointed out that the milestone “Data Execution Prevention” (DEP) technology adopted in the debut of Windows XP is no longer sufficient for today’s growing Cyber ​​threats.

"No single technology can ever stand on the forefront of the trend, and advanced security technologies are also out of date. To effectively deal with cybercrime activities, more advanced and advanced technologies are needed to protect user security. Obviously, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 are new. A generation of operating system is more secure.” Xie Enwei said in an interview with the reporter of “Daily Economic News”.

The report also pointed out that once Windows XP terminates support on April 8, 2014, and no longer obtains security updates, the security risks of continuing to use Windows XP will increase. The data shows that within two years after the stop of support, WindowsXPServicePack2 increased the number of infected malware by 66% compared with WindowsXPServicePack3.

According to the data released by StatCounter, Windows XP currently accounts for about 21% of the operating systems in use in the world, and 58.7% in China. The three biggest threats to Chinese users running Windows XP are the Conficker worm, the IframeRef trojan, and the Obfuscator code obfuscation technique.

"And WindowsXP ServicePack3 will also end support next year, users migrate from WindowsXP to a more modern operating system is an immediate moment." Xie Enwei said that WIN8 operating system security advantages include the latest security innovations, provide follow-up support, and then better To protect users, the importance of upgrading Windows XP is self-evident.

In order to “drive” PC users to the mobile terminal, PC sales performance has been unsatisfactory in recent years. According to Gartner data, global PC shipments in the third quarter of this year decreased by 8.6% year-on-year, which is the sixth consecutive decline in PC shipments. Although traditional Windows PCs will not be eliminated overnight, mobile devices continue to devour the PC market.

Bill Gates once said: "Microsoft is always 18 months away from bankruptcy." And at the China CDN 15th Anniversary Development Conference held in July this year, Tian Yu, chief analyst of Gartner, said that the performance of Microsoft in the next 18 months , will determine its success or failure in the field of mobile devices. Among the top ten strategic IT technologies announced by Gartner, mobile devices are ranked first, and the mobile terminal market share will determine the future market competition.

Analysys International Analyst Wang Hao analyzed that PC users currently have a certain scale. Microsoft wants to deploy mobile Internet. However, many users have not developed the habit of using WIN8. Many ordinary users do not have access to WIN8, and mobile WP8 uses it. Habits have not formed yet, and user acceptance is low. "Owning the mobile market, this advantage must be based on users familiar with the WIN8 system."

“They actually want to transform their original resources, and they have a cognition and habit of relying on WIN8, and then it will be relatively easy to push WP mobile terminals. Compared to the current user experience advantages of Android and Apple, Microsoft has only left The advantages of the platform can open up PCs and mobile users, said Wang Xi. In 2012 Microsoft officially entered the mobile space through windows8. At the helm of Ballmer, Microsoft actively embraced cloud computing, launched successful network services such as Office365 and Azure, and acquired attractive technologies such as Skype and Yammer. Dai Yan, chief analyst of Forrester, an international analyst organization, said that Microsoft is currently trying to promote the company to take preparations to implement the gradual BYOD (BringYourOwnDevice refers to carry their own equipment office) strategies and programs, to cloud computing and desktop virtualization.

Xie Enwei said that with a variety of modern operating systems such as Windows 8, Windows RT and Windows Phone 8, Windows devices can provide users with a variety of mobile office solutions to help companies calmly deal with a variety of complex issues.