No more updates for Microsoft’s Windows XP Service Pack 2
Millions of users of Microsoft’s Windows XP operating system, which is being updated with their Service Pack 2 will begin to slowly feel the effects as the company says that this will be the final week in which security fixes for the operating system will be issued.
It is estimated that there are still several hundred million computers around the globe that are still making use of this version. The lack of new security upgrades will probably make it much easier for hackers to figure out new ways into personal and business computers.
Many corporations still use networks designed around XP SP2 on their laptops and desktops. Service Pack 2 originally saw the light of day in August of 2004 in order to increase XP security. Service Pack 3 arrived in 2008, but very huge numbers of individuals and companies never upgraded to service Pack 3, leaving them vulnerable to potential holes that may now start to appear in SP2.
