Windows XP 6 Times More Susceptible To Hacking Than Windows 8:

Are you not yet willing to say goodbye to Windows XP operating system even after Microsoft has ended support for the version in the next six months? If there isn't, then you should to explore the possibility of switching onto Windows 8 or 7 in order to secure your PC from hackers. That's right! Windows XP has been discovered to be a to hacker as this version of the operating system had a higher percentage of vulnerability to malware over its earlier versions. www.webroot.com/safe

Mike Reavey, the general director for Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing, has revealed during a keynote address during the RSA Conference in Amsterdam. He has gathered data and statistics from real-world machines that run Windows OS and concluded "Windows XP is six times more likely get affected over Windows 8, even though it has the same malware-related encounter rate. "There are more than one billion Windows computers on the internet and we could use these to identify malware."

According to the study, Windows XP and Windows Vista-based machines are discovered to be infected with approximately 16% malware attack. With this high rate of malware attacks affecting Windows XP and Vista, both versions turn out to be around 19% more susceptible to malware-related dangers over Windows 7 and 12% more vulnerable than Windows 8. From the 1000 Windows-based computer systems examined, around 9.1 Windows XP SP3-based computers were found to be susceptible to malware infections, while the average of 5.5 Windows Vista computers in 1000 were infected with malware. around 4.9 Windows 7-based computers and just 1.6 Windows 8 machines had malware infection, out of the 1000. Therefore, Windows XP has been identified as six times more risky as Windows 8 in terms of malware infection.

Have you thought of a strong security measure to safeguard and safeguard the Windows XP operating system from being compromised? If not then take the first step now by downloading Webroot Antivirus now.

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