At this moment, the software giant offers updates for the Windows 10 and Windows 11 versions. However, there are still users who long for much older versions, as for example happens with Windows 7 or XP. Hence, we can still find a good number of computers, there could even be millions around the world, running with these versions already abandoned by Microsoft.
At this time the software giant sends us updates and patches that improve the functionality of Windows and fix its latest vulnerabilities. This allows us to work with a secure operating system and protected against most attacks. Despite this, there are still users who ignore Microsoft’s advice regarding using unsupported versions.
There is a lot of nostalgia regarding some Windows of the past that undoubtedly marked an era, but at the moment they are more of a risk than anything else. Hence there are still people who get carried away and look to the past with nostalgia. Well, a video has recently been published to convince these people of the risks they run. Specifically, it focuses on the dangers that exist today install a Windows that is not supported on our team.
Specifically, we are referring to a video posted on Google’s popular streaming website, YouTube, where Windows XP is running in a vulnerable state.
This happens if you use a vulnerable Windows
To begin with, we will tell you that its creator disables the Firewall and the antivirus and starts Windows XP. Well, in a matter of minutes you can already glimpse suspicious activity on your computer. Basically, what happens in that old Windows is that different types of malware begin to take over the operating system as such. What’s more, two hours after its launch, the malware considerably increased its presence in many sections of the PC.
After examining some of the malware detected in that Windows Xpfiles could be found that at first seemed legitimate, but were actually malicious codes. Files were even found that posed as content from Microsoft itself, or from Google. Obviously, all this in order to deceive the user and obtain as much personal data as possible.
After a period of operation of the Windows XP operating system without support or protection, the antivirus Malwarebytes. The user launched the full security software scan and ended up detecting a total of eight malicious files. These were mainly classified as Trojans, adware and malware that accessed disk drives through a system backdoor.
It is worth taking a look at this video that we are commenting on to realize the dangers of work with unsupported Windows no updates. All our data stored here will be in danger from the first minute we start it, as demonstrated.