Microsoft warns of Win XP users: if it is not upgraded by 0 "loopholes" attack |
IT information network On August 19, 2013

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According to reports of foreign science and technology Web sites PCWorld, recently Microsoft warns Windows XP users, if you don't get away from Windows XP, upgrade to a higher system, you will never get rid of suffering in the future "0 vulnerabilities" attacks.

Microsoft had previously attempted to advise, counsel and appeal to users next year, Microsoft's Windows XP operating system support before the end of the old leave the operating system. Today, Microsoft changed the persuasion and urge tone, official warns the user if users upgrade to the new operating system is not Windows XP as soon as they may suffer from occupation in the rest of the Windows XP "0 vulnerabilities" attacks.

Microsoft will end on April 8, 2014 support for Windows XP systems, this means that Microsoft will no longer publish the related patches or other security solutions.

Security purposes, Microsoft ended support for Windows XP systems mean? Microsoft's trustworthy computing sector (Trustworthy Computing) the competent dimu·ruiensi (Tim Rains), "for its support in Microsoft Windows releases security updates for the first month, the attacker began to reverse engineer these updates is trying to find loopholes, they test whether Windows XP these vulnerabilities exist. ”

Raines also said, "If these vulnerabilities on Windows XP, an attacker will attempt to exploit these vulnerabilities to code some attacks. Microsoft will no longer provide security upgrade for Windows XP support, Windows XP users theoretically will always suffer ' 0 vulnerabilities ' attack is possible. ”

0 "loopholes" attack is a hacker operating systems release security patches or other code into operation before the attack. In April 2014, after Microsoft Windows XP is no longer given release security patches, so hackers will eventually find Windows XP system "0 vulnerabilities."

Raines also said that between July 2012 and, as the attack, appears 45 times in the Microsoft Windows XP system security threat bulletin. Including 30 security threats and affects both Windows 7 and Windows 8.

Now recognizes Windows XP section protection helps reduce the attack itself, as well as third-party anti-malware software may also provide some protection. But he said, "facing the challenge is, you never know the trustworthy computing is the basis of the system can still be trusted, because the attacker had mastered Windows XP vulnerability, ready to run their own code, start 0 attack. ”

But it has been argued that, hackers recently launched not for Windows XP "0 attack", opting instead to ready until after April next year, there will be a large number of unprotected XP computer to launch a comprehensive attack. Raines noted that strange malware technology will only increase, which means that your XP computer will become more vulnerable. Answer Line columnist PCWorld column linken·sipeikete (Lincoln Spector) endorsed that view.

The problem is that part of the XP computer users really like Windows XP system, they do not want to migrate to other systems, in particular Windows 8. Experts recommend that users choose Windows 7, its function is similar to Windows XP features.

For Windows XP users, even though Microsoft tried to persuade consumers to upgrade in order to benefit, but they did provide security guarantee. Therefore, if you are still using Windows XP, it should think about upgrading, upgrade now.

Via: Phoenix Technologies

(微软警告Win XP用户：若不升级将遭“零日漏洞”攻击 | IT资讯网
2013年08月19日

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据国外科技网站PCWorld报道，日前微软向Windows XP用户发出警告，如果不尽快远离Windows XP、升级到更高系统，那么今后将永难摆脱遭受“零日漏洞”攻击的可能。

微软此前多次提醒、劝导和恳请用户，在明年微软对Windows XP这款老的操作系统结束支持之前要离开这一操作系统。而如今，微软一改劝导和恳请语气，正式警告用户：如用户不尽快将Windows XP升级到新的操作系统，他们在Windows XP剩下的时日里可能会遭受“零日漏洞”攻击。

微软将在2014年4月8日结束对Windows XP系统的支持，这意味着至此微软将再发布相关补丁或其他安全解决方案。

就安全方面而言，微软结束对Windows XP系统的支持意味着什么？微软可信赖计算部门（Trustworthy Computing）主管蒂姆·瑞恩斯（Tim Rains）表示，“在微软为其支持的Windows版本发布安全更新程序的第一个月，攻击者就开始对这些更新实施逆向工程，试图寻找漏洞，他们测试Windows XP是否存在这些漏洞。”

瑞恩斯还表示，“如果Windows XP上存在这些漏洞，攻击者将尝试利用这些漏洞编写一些攻击代码。由于微软将不会再为Windows XP提供安全升级支持，因而Windows XP用户从理论上来讲将永远有遭受‘零日漏洞’攻击的可能。”

“零日漏洞”攻击是指黑客在操作系统或其他代码发布安全补丁之前实施的攻击。因在2014年4月后微软不再给Windows XP发布安全补丁程序，因此黑客最终会找到可攻击Windows XP系统的“零日漏洞”。

瑞恩斯还称，2012年7月至2013年7月间，作为受攻击产品，Windows XP系统曾45次出现在微软的安全威胁公告中。其中有30个安全威胁同时影响到了Windows 7和Windows 8。

瑞恩斯承认Windows XP自身的部分保护功能将有助于减少攻击，以及第三方反恶意程序软件也可能会提供一些保护。但他表示，“面临的挑战是，你永远不会知道该系统的可信赖计算基础是否仍然可信，因为攻击者已掌握了Windows XP的漏洞，随时可运行他们自己的代码、发动零日攻击。”

但有人辩称，黑客近期不会针对Windows XP发动“零日攻击”，反而选择蓄势待发、直至明年4月份后，届时将对大量未受保护的XP电脑发起全面攻击。瑞恩斯指出，诡异的恶意软件技术只会提高，这意味着你的XP电脑会变得更加脆弱。PCWorld栏目Answer Line的专栏作家林肯·斯佩克特(Lincoln Spector)赞同这一观点。

问题在于，部分XP电脑用户真正太喜欢Windows XP系统了，他们不愿迁移到其他系统，尤其是Windows 8。专家建议，用户可以选择Windows 7，其功能与Windows XP功能类似。

对于Windows XP用户来说，尽管微软劝说消费者升级是为了得利，但它们的确提供了安全保障。因此，如果你仍然在使用Windows XP，的确该考虑进行升级，现在就升级。

via:凤凰科技

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