Such is the potential risk posed by this that the UK's National Cyber Security Centre – the cyber arm of the GCHQ intelligence service – has issued a warning over the continued use of Windows 7 PCs and laptops, telling users they shouldn't use Windows 7 devices when accessing personal data. SEE: Windows 7: What is your company's exit strategy? Put simply, if a new security vulnerability or software bug is uncovered in Windows 7, Microsoft is no longer obliged to release any sort of patch to fix the issue on the unsupported operating system and that's something that could put individuals and organisations that still rely on Windows 7 in danger from cyberattacks, hacking and malware.
But despite these warnings coming over a number of years, it's estimated that 200 million PC users are still running Windows 7. Microsoft has urged users still running Windows 7 to upgrade to Windows 10 to continue to receive technical support.
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