Washington, October 17, 2012 Microsoft's Windows XP is more vulnerable to malware than any of the
firm's more modern offerings, the company's security intelligence report
has confirmed.
According to the report, Windows XP is about twice as like to get
infected as any of the more modern operating systems, including Windows Vista and Windows 7.
XP's infection rates in particular jumped dramatically in the first half of 2012, the report said.
According to CBS News, the rise in infection rate was due to the worm
family Win32/Dorkbot and the trojan downloader Win32/Pluzoks, and the
fact that Microsoft has stopped directly supporting Windows XP with
security updates to address such risks, the report added.
One can protect his/her PC from malware by upgrading to Windows 7, or
Windows 8, which releases in about a week, the report said.
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