Windows XP is at the end of its life: are we really panicking?

Text/Sun Yongjie

Today is the end of Microsoft's 13-year-old Windows XP, and the industry and the media have come out to criticize Microsoft's cessation of support for XP, on the grounds that there are still a large number of users of XP in our market, and Microsoft's cessation of support for XP means that the system security of these users will not be guaranteed. Compared with such verbal criticism in China, the reaction of foreign media and blogs to Microsoft's cessation of support for XP, or panic, is far less strong than that in China. Why?

It is undeniable that Microsoft's Windows XP is the most successful and longest-running in the development of Microsoft's operating system, and because of this, XP has a high rate of piracy in China. According to the relevant survey after the "Tomato Garden" incident, the proportion of users using the "Tomato Garden" version of XP at that time was more than 90%. In fact, the proportion of pirated software (mainly referring to Microsoft's Windows and Office series) in China varies considerably between domestic and foreign statistical agencies. However, as Microsoft users, we should know it ourselves.

As for enterprises, with the enhancement of our awareness of intellectual property protection and the improvement of relevant national laws and regulations, the rate of software piracy is lower than that of individual users, but it still does not rule out the storage of pirated copies. You must know that the Microsoft Windows system has strict licensing restrictions, for example, the number of pre-installed PCs varies depending on the version. And many of our enterprises, although they use the positive version of Windows, but a set in hand, all PCs should be fully installed There should be many phenomena. As you know, this is also a kind of infringement, and since it is an infringement, it should not be included in Microsoft's security protection (before the end of XP support).

There are reports that Microsoft's termination of support for XP will affect nearly 200 million users in China. We don't know how many of these 200 million XP users are users of Microsoft's original version of XP and comply with Microsoft's licensing rules, but in view of the above-mentioned personal and corporate piracy and users who do not meet Microsoft's authorization specifications, how many users are actually affected by Microsoft's termination of XP services?

It is a well-known fact that since XP, Microsoft has increased its efforts to combat piracy, and at the same time, it has also improved the mechanism of the system anti-theft version, even if it is a piracy version, compared with the previous XP piracy version, its functions and other aspects will be more restricted. In other words,It's the same as the pirated version,Windows7The quality of the pirated version is far inferior to XP。 And in Windows 8,Due to the change in Microsoft's authorization method,It's even more difficult to steal the version.。 What does this mean? This means that current XP users (mainly pirated users) will have a hard time finding a replacement for pirated Windows. Therefore, there are many people who vent their personal anger in the name of safety.

Of course, for those XP users who use the original version and meet Microsoft's licensing specifications, in addition to some of them have already upgraded to Windows7, the remaining users who are still using XP should be quite aware of the consequences of losing support, so it should not be difficult for these users to upgrade, after all, the cost of upgrading the new system is only a drop in the bucket compared to the loss caused by ignoring security.

From this point of view, the so-called termination of XP support has caused panic among Chinese users is far from the exaggeration of media and industry reports. Among them, there is no shortage of hype from pirated users, remember the so-called "black screen" incident after the "Tomato Garden" at that time? There are many people who come out to oppose it, which shows how many of our users are using the pirated version of the software, because the users of the positive version of Windows are not affected by the "black screen". In fact, Microsoft's end-of-support service for XP, in addition to upgrading the system, has also cooperated with relevant security and software vendors to launch alternative measures, but do our users really care so much about the security of the system? If it was, then it wouldn't have been used before; If so, they will naturally upgrade to a new and more secure system or adopt the alternative offered by Microsoft, and blindly criticize it only to show that there is a lot of "moisture" in our so-called 200 million XP user market, and our so-called panic is just an excuse to cover up the "moisture".

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13-year-old Windows XP is "retired" today

Every reporter Xi Dawei sent from Chengdu

April 8 finally came.

According to the news released by Microsoft (39.8, 0.00, 0.00%), starting today (April 8), Microsoft will stop technical support for Windows XP (hereinafter referred to as XP) and Office 2003. This means that users who continue to use XP will face unprecedented security threats.

Microsoft explained that with the rise of the mobile Internet, the advancement of network technology, and the continuous development of new hardware technologies and products, the 13-year-old XP can no longer keep up with the pace of the times, and she is really unable to meet the needs of office and entertainment in the Internet era.

Microsoft China wrote this sentence on its official Weibo with a little sadness, "Thousands of miles are accompanied by each other, and there will always be a farewell." Goodbye, 13-year old friend; Goodbye, good friend of 13 years, it's time to keep up with the times and embrace the future. ”

Stop XP service and push Windows 8.1

Why is Microsoft ending support for XP and Office 2003? Microsoft says that in 2002, Microsoft introduced the Lifecycle Policy based on customer feedback. Under this policy, Microsoft-developed products (Windows and Office products) receive a minimum of 10 years of support (5 years of Mainstream Support and 5 years of Extended Support) at supported service levels. "Born in 2001, windowsXP has been in existence for 13 years, and it is the longest service operating system in history, but with the development of science and technology, the rapid development of new information technologies such as cloud computing, mobile, social networking, and big data, XP has been difficult to meet the needs of modern office and entertainment, and it is not enough to deal with current security threats."

As a result, XP and Office 2003 will end support on April 8, 2014, specifically by no longer providing new security updates, non-security fixes, free or paid assisted support options, or online technical content updates.

However, XP and office 2003 can still be run after the end of support, but there are potential risks, starting with security and compliance analysis, such as hacking; Secondly, due to the lack of hardware and software support, many computer hardware and software will not be compatible with XP systems. Microsoft said that after the end of technical support, users have two options, the first is to "upgrade your current computer operating system" and the second is to "buy a new computer".

The reporter of "Daily Economic News" noticed that while Microsoft stopped supporting XP technology, it is pushing the operating system Windows 8.1, which has been released for 5 months. Industry insiders believe that under the premise that three generations of products have been launched in the future, Microsoft can no longer devote too much energy to XP, and needs to use the retirement of XP to promote the increase in the share of Windows 8.1.

According to the latest statistics from NetApplications, in March this year, Microsoft accounted for 9% of the entire computer operating system, Apple (523.47, 0.00, 0.00%) accounted for 7.57%, Linux accounted for 1.49%, and in Microsoft, Windows 7 accounted for 48.77%, XP accounted for 27.69%, and Windows 8 and 8.1 accounted for about 11%.

Upgrading can bring huge benefits

Microsoft announced last year that while Windows 8 users will be able to upgrade to Windows 8.1 for free, the price of upgrading to Windows 8.1 Basic is $119.99 and the price of upgrading to Windows 8.1 Pro is $199.99 if users are running XP, Vista or Windows 7.

According to a survey by CNNIC (China Internet Information Center), 55.5% of office computers in China are using XP system, 26.25% are using Win7 system, and only 5.57% of users are using other systems; In the home personal computer, 48.68% of users are using XP system, 40.58% of users are using Win7 system, and 5.33% of users are using other systems.

Some industry insiders said that if the current users of XP are replaced with the regular version of Windows 8.1 or Windows 8, it will bring huge sales to Microsoft.

According to Microsoft's Q2 financial report released in January, Microsoft's revenue in the second fiscal quarter was $24.519 billion, an increase of 14% from $21.456 billion in the same period last year; Net profit was $6.558 billion, up 3% from $6.377 billion in the same period last year. Amy Hood, Microsoft's CFO and executive vice president, said in a subsequent analyst earnings call that the end of Windows XP has become one of the three major factors that will improve Windows' performance.

A Liyan, an analyst at China Internet Network Information Center, believes that the use rate of the XP system of office computers is higher than that of personal home computers, and the XP system will stop serving, and the customized office systems, applications and other office services built on the XP system will be more challenging for the organization users (government agencies, enterprises and other entities).

Among home users, the survey shows that 22.56% of users are worried about spending money to change computers, and 21.82% are worried that the new system will not work. Aliyan believes that replacing a computer or operating system requires personal expenses, it takes time to learn how to operate a new system, and the compatibility of the new system with the original text and changes in habits will inevitably lead to a period of inefficient adaptation.

Only 25.06% of the respondents were willing to take the initiative to replace the computer system, and the other 5.76% of the respondents regarded "XP system out of service" as the best reason to completely replace the computer. More than half of the respondents said that they would continue until the XP system was completely unusable, and 4.08% were in a state where they did not know how to deal with it.

Internet security companies grab the market

The reporter of "Daily Economic News" noticed that after Microsoft stopped updating the XP system, Teng Xun (509.5, 8.00, 1.59%, real-time quotes), Baidu (143.51, 0.00, 0.00%), Kingsoft, Ruixing and other domestic Internet companies have said that they will provide protection for XP users.

On March 7, Microsoft cooperated with Teng Xun, Kingsoft and other enterprises to establish the "Microsoft XP User Support Plan". According to Ding Ke, vice president of Tengxun Company, Tengxun Computer Manager launched XP protection products to combat vulnerability attacks, and to strengthen and optimize the weak links of the XP system. Since then, Microsoft China has successively released cooperation instructions with Baidu and others to provide users with security guarantees during the transition period. However, Microsoft also emphasized that "there are limits to any transitional period of protection, and the new generation of operating systems will provide more secure protection and a more efficient experience." ”

At present, the State Information Center has also responded to the retirement of XP, and the State Information Center has completed the construction of the core configuration online service platform, providing the public with free online security configuration inspection, online baseline generation, configuration tool download and other online service functions.

Analysts believe that the main reason for the move of domestic security companies is that there is still a large group of XP users in China, which is a big bonanza for Internet companies. However, Li Tiejun, a well-known security expert, pointed out that the protection of the XP system by third-party security is only for emergency use, because Microsoft's system patch is to replace the old version with a new version, and it is impossible for a third party to modify Microsoft's official system text, and the third-party patch can only be a peripheral protection, which cannot fundamentally solve the problem.

News Background

13-year-old Windows XP

Launched on October 25, 2001

Windows XP is an operating system launched by Microsoft for personal computers, "XP" is the meaning of "experience" in English, and it was officially launched for retail on October 25, 2001. Windows XP is the next generation of Windows operating system after Windows 2000 and Windows Me, and it is Microsoft's first consumer-facing operating system that uses the Windows NT architecture.

Microsoft first released two versions, the Professional Edition and the Home Edition, and later released the Tablet Edition, the Embedded Edition, the Client Edition, and the 64-bit Windows XP operating system. Windows XP also has several editions that are only sold in certain regions, such as Windows XP Stater Edition, etc.

There are two main ways to sell Windows XP, including retail version and OEM version. On June 30, 2008, Microsoft stopped selling the Windows XP Professional and Home operating systems to retailers and OEMs.

The first service package was released on 9 September 2002

In addition to day-to-day technical support such as patches, Microsoft releases ServicePacks for its Windows XP operating system to fix bugs and add features, each of which (and its latest revision) is a superset of all previous clothing packs and patches. Service Pack 1 for Windows XP (popularly known as SP1) was released on September 9, 2002, and on August 25, 2004, XP Service Pack SP2 was released, including many new features and heavy updates; Windows XPSP3 was released to computer manufacturers on April 21, 2008, and publicly released to the public through Microsoft Download Center and Windows Update on May 6, 2008, and began to be pushed to users through automatic updates on July 10.

Transitioned to the Extended Support phase on 14 April 2009

On April 14, 2009, all versions of the Windows XP operating system were converted from mainstream support to extended support in accordance with the principle of Microsoft's product technical support cycle. During the Extended Support phase, Microsoft will continue to provide monthly security updates to Windows XP, but free technical support, warranty support, design changes, etc. will no longer be available.

Technical support was discontinued on April 8, 2014

On April 8, 2014, Microsoft discontinued support for all Windows XP (x86 and x64).

In October 2011, Windows 7 surpassed Windows XP to become the world's most widely used operating system, with a market share of 42%, XP at 38.64%, and Apple's MacOSX and Linux did not exceed 14%, according to market research firm StatCounter. Statistics show that in January 2007, the market share of Windows XP reached an all-time high, exceeding 76%.

In the 13 years since 2001, Windows XP has become the largest and most commonly used operating system in history, including the highest market share in history, which has led to a dismal end in the promotion of Windows Vista.

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Your success is your failure, Microsoft's XP parable

Source: Sou Fox IT

Author: Micro World

Windows XP, the most popular desktop operating system in history, is finally going to retire from the stage of history after 13 years of service, and on April 8, Microsoft officially stopped supporting XP, which means that on the second Tuesday of every month, Microsoft pushes Windows update patches to users will no longer appear on XP users' computers, and this unprotected "veteran" has been completely abandoned by Microsoft.

According to Microsoft, after April 8, Microsoft will no longer provide new security upgrades, non-security patches, free or paid auxiliary support, and online technical content updates for XP, which means that computers still running XP will be more vulnerable to security risks and virus attacks in the future.

From Microsoft's side, there are many good reasons to terminate support for Windows XP services, such as XP has been in service for thirteen years and can no longer keep up with the needs of most users, Microsoft has launched several generations of operating systems after XP, and legally speaking, users have agreed that "Microsoft reserves the right to discontinue such services" when installing XP, "any damages arising from the use or inability to use the software, including but not limited to loss of business profits, business interruption, shall not be liable for any loss of business information or other pecuniary loss"; In addition, after Microsoft gave up, there were third-party security software companies that provided free services to XP.

But no matter how good Microsoft's reasons are, the cessation of support for WindowsXP services will already hurt the hearts of countless users who value XP, this operating system is so successful that 10% of the world's users are still using it thirteen years later, and the pirated version of the user does not care, those who spent a lot of money to buy the original version, and the users who are still using it will inevitably rush to the unfair, patching the software is also a kind of after-sales service, how to say stop it? Isn't it a company's pride to be able to use users for a lifetime?

In terms of user loyalty, Windows XP is Microsoft's most successful operating system to date, but it is a failed product in terms of Microsoft's monopoly market position and its business model of selling by generational versions. Since the 80s of the last century, Microsoft and Intel have formed the so-called "WinTel Alliance" to attract money in the PC market. Intel's CPUs and Microsoft's operating systems are constantly being updated and upgraded, forcing users to keep investing their budgets at the pace of WinTel, while the two monopoly giants continue to make huge profits from new product sales.

The essence of the "WinTel Alliance" is actually to drive consumption through the continuous creation of demand.

But the success of XP has broken the WinTel Alliance's upgrade curse in a way, and one XP is enough for most of the needs of the average user, who no longer needs to invest in a new version of the operating system. The more users using XP, the fewer users of the new version of the operating system, and the less money Microsoft makes. The same is true for Intel, where users are addicted to older generation operating systems, which means that older PCs and chips can still meet their needs, which hinders the sale of new products.

XP's encounter is not accidental, it foreshadows a dilemma faced by WinTel in the post-PC era, that is, it is difficult to create strong demand to drive consumption in the original model and environment, they cannot convince users to invest in new budgets in the case of "enough" and "good enough" CPUs and operating systems, WinTel itself has become its own worst enemy, and the success of the next generation of products is not to defeat competitors, but to beat their previous generation products.

The better you do now, the more you will fail in the future. The XP dilemma foreshadows Microsoft's huge failure after the advent of the mobile Internet era. In the early days of the PC, Microsoft achieved great success with the WinTel model for technological advancement, but this success was not based on a user-centric foundation. But after the Internet era, the rules of the game suddenly changed, the user became the centerpiece, free became king, Google and Apple became the most successful technology companies, and their free operating systems have replaced Microsoft's monopoly at least on mobile.

There is no need to criticize Microsoft for its slow transformation, it is difficult to turn around, it is a general truth that the moon is full and you will lose, and you will be grateful when the flower is full, and it is not only Microsoft that wrestles in front of the new era, but also a number of old giants such as Intel, Nokia, and Kodak. The immediate question is, what will Microsoft do in the future, and will it have the courage to change its own life?

At its developer conference in early April, Microsoft announced that in the future, manufacturers of devices that produce tablets based on Windows Phone and Windows systems with screen sizes smaller than 9 inches will no longer need to pay license fees. It's a big turnaround, but it's not a tough decision for Microsoft, which doesn't have much market share on the devices in the first place. Does it have the courage to extend the transformation of its business model to the PC field? That's the problem. Not necessarily free, as we all know, the licensing business on traditional PCs is still Microsoft's cash cow, but everyone also knows that this model is not the trend of the future. If we don't start reforming now, I'm afraid it will be too late when the building will collapse.

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The XP system is officially "retired" today: 13 years after its launch, it still accounts for 27% of the market

Today

Microsoft discontinued Windows XP and OFFICE2003 technical support, and pushed the new Microsoft Windows 8.1 system to users.

Tomorrow

Microsoft last provided an XP security patch update, which means that while XP will continue to work, it will lack security and cannot be updated.

Today, the 13-year-old Microsoft Windows XP system announced its official "retirement", "blue sky, white clouds and green hillside", this classic desktop, will also become a good memory. It is reported that Microsoft will stop Windows XP and OFFICE2003 technical support on April 8, and push the new Microsoft Windows 8.1 system to users. According to the security bulletin released by Microsoft, the XP security patch update will be available for the last time in the early morning of April 9, Beijing time. This means that while XP can continue to be used, it lacks security and cannot be updated. In this regard, a large number of netizens expressed their reluctance. As of noon yesterday, a reporter from the Beijing Morning Post (Weibo) saw on the topic list of "Farewell XP" and "Say Goodbye to XP" that nearly 2 million Weibo had participated in the discussion.

XP, retreat and reminisce

Netizen: I am reluctant to say goodbye

"Thousands of miles are accompanied by each other, and there will always be a farewell. Goodbye, good friend of 13 years. After Microsoft China said goodbye to XP on Weibo, many netizens expressed their nostalgia for XP.

Some netizens said: "The first computer I bought at home in 2002 was pre-installed with the XP system. I still remember turning on the computer and seeing the beautiful blue sky, white clouds, and grassy slope desktop, I really think it's beautiful. Thank you for serving me, and see you soon, XP. ”

Some netizens also told the good memories between XP and his family: "In 2003, my uncle helped me buy my first computer, and I didn't know anything about computers at that time, and the system was all XP that he helped me install. My uncle died suddenly in 2009, but I insisted on using this XP computer until 2010, and I really missed him. Some netizens reflected on the retirement of GuòXP: "Before I knew it, 13 years later, when I was still in junior high school, I was playing games on the XP computer at home. Now we are about to enter the year of establishment. I suddenly realized that time is fleeting, and I should really make good use of the time I used to do in the past, and I should cherish it more in the future. ”

Even Baidu Tie Bar also said "affectionately": "I suddenly found that Huang Jiaju has been dead for 20 years, the myth of immortality Lin Zhiying is 39 years old, Dong Chou who was a nunchuck is 35 years old, Jolin Tsai who has changed seventy-two times is 34 years old, and Zhao Wei, who is still a mother, Crayon Xiaoxin's father is dead, the Hokage is almost over, Apple is out of 5S, ten years ago we looked forward to youth, ten years later we are youthful, I have to admit that our generation is beginning to get old." ”

Microsoft: XP is too old

In fact, in Microsoft's opinion, the XP system introduced in 2001 is too old. According to Microsoft's announcement, Microsoft will no longer provide new security upgrades, non-security patches, free or paid assisted support, and online technical documentation updates for the XP operating system after April 8.

Microsoft said goodbye to XP and explained: "The 13-year-old XP is the longest-serving operating system in history, with the rise of the mobile Internet, the progress of network technology, and the continuous development of new hardware technologies and products, the 13-year-old XP has really not been able to keep up with the pace of the times, and she really can't meet the needs of office and entertainment in the Internet era!" She is also unable to defend herself against the ever-evolving cyberattacks and security threats of today's age. ”

Despite this, XP still accounts for a whopping 10% of the global system share, and at its peak, it was used by more than 400 million people worldwide. According to the data released by the Internet traffic monitoring agency StatCounter, the current market share of XP in China is still as high as 54.13%, while Win7 ranks second, accounting for 38.01%, Win8 only accounts for 2.56%, and individual users install and use nearly 200 million computers with XP.

Shifting gears: Apple or Win8?

According to the China Internet Network Information Center, more than 57% of Chinese XP users said they would not consider changing the operating system for the time being. "XP is old, Win7 is slow, Win8 is not used to it", in the opinion of most XP loyal users, use the XP system first, until it can no longer be used, and then update or replace the system.

"Not getting used to the new system" is one of the main reasons why users can't do without XP, in addition, the fear of incompatibility of software games, trouble to upgrade, low hardware configuration, and expensive upgrade costs are also important factors in sticking to XP. "If you can put it off", most XP users have this mentality in the survey. But after April 8, the cost of maintaining Windows XP has risen to at least $300, and now the maximum cost is $100.

It is not easy to stay behind, and many users have switched to other computer systems in the market, such as Linux, Chromebooks and Apple's Macs. According to the latest figures from NetApplications, the market share of Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 increased by 0.62 percentage points to 11.30% in March this year, which is less than the 48.77% of Windows 7, while Windows XP still has a market share of 27.69%. On the other hand, Apple's MacOSX operating system has a market share of 7.57%, while Linux has a market share of 1.49%.

Computer fans say: I was with XP for 10 years

Narrator: Sun Lei

Age: post-85

Hobbies: I used to spend time in Zhongguancun every weekend

At the end of 2002, I was accustomed to using Win98, and I happened to see the interface class running on the computer of my classmates, but it was very gorgeous (compared to 98, it is indeed a lot of beautification), and I could also change the style (that is, we are talking about the theme style now), which made me excited, this is my first acquaintance with XP.

As a student, I don't have a lot of money, and I bought a copy of "XP System Introduction" in the bookstore with half a week's living expenses, I am proficient in my Pentium 3 computer, and there is no problem with installing Win95 and Win98, but it is indeed a question whether XP can be used. After a week of research,Borrowed classmates' XP installation disk began to prepare to start,To my surprise, XP installation is very simple compared to Win95、98,Abandon the 1.44-inch floppy disk boot、Use optical drive direct guidance,Just follow the prompts at every step,More than an hour to complete,Compared to Win98From formatting to installation3 hours is indeed much faster。 Especially after updating to the sp3 version, I basically said goodbye to the blue face (blue screen), and ran various programs, especially large programs, which were many times stronger than Win98. In 2005, I changed my computer to run XP, which is like a fish in water.

The 10 years spent with XP have gone from Dark, Lianliankan, CS to Warcraft, to office2000, VB programming, virtual machines, and backdoor invasion. The pace of technological development is far beyond imagination, accompanied by the shortening of hardware update time - dual-core, quad-core, memory from 128m to 32G, especially in 2013, I bought a new notebook - using Haswell series CPU, theoretically no longer supports XP, because its core graphics card HD4600 no longer has XP drivers! It makes me sad.

There are also thoughts of wanting to keep XP, but the truth is cruel. I installed it with a virtual machine, and I also used Win7XPmode, but it was not the original XP, and finally gave up, because XP does not support more than 4G memory, and the SSD has lost its effectiveness on him!

It's not that we want to give up XP! Instead, it has been eliminated by hardware and the development of science and technology!

Users, and use and worry

Stay-at-home: You may need to buy a new computer

What should users do in the post-XP era? Microsoft reminds users that although Microsoft cooperates with domestic security manufacturers to help users make the transition, no matter what security products, the protection of an operating system that stops system security updates is limited.

In this regard, Microsoft users can download and run the Windows Upgrade Assistant to check whether the computer meets the system requirements of Windows 8.1 and upgrade the version, but only a very small number of older versions of computers can run the latest version of Microsoft, and users who cannot upgrade may want to consider buying a new computer.

Impact: ATMs are at risk

"Most of the computers in our Internet cafes use XP systems." The network manager of Beijing polka dot Internet café told the Beijing Morning Post reporter, "Most of the Internet cafes in China use the XP system, because many games still need to run on the XP system." "According to a survey by a reporter from the Beijing Morning Post, most Internet cafes are still using the XP system, and there are no plans to replace computers or systems." We've been aware of the news early on that Microsoft will be pausing XP system updates. "But this has no impact on our Internet café, we have a firewall, and we are not worried about contracting viruses." The person in charge of another Internet café said that the system of the Internet café was outsourced to a professional company, but it did not have any hints.

According to reports, many ATMs use XP systems and can become "vulnerable" in the face of hacker attacks. Mike Silver, an analyst at Gartner in the United States, said that ATMs installed in small shops or bars, which do not belong to banks and whose owners are generally reluctant to invest in software security, may be at greater risk.

Guarantee: Who is reliable for security vendors?

Although Microsoft officially stopped updating WindowsXP, the huge market brought by nearly 200 million left-behind users still made domestic security vendors see huge business opportunities.

On April 5th, a company called Hetian Zhihui launched an "XP Challenge", and more than 200 hackers launched a challenge to Tengxun PC Manager XP, 360 Security Guard XP Shield, and Kingsoft Poison Boss XP Shield. The results of the competition showed that Teng Xun Computer Manager and Kingsoft Drug Bully were successively stolen by hackers, and 360 Security Guardian was not successful until the end of the 12-hour competition.

However, a hacker with the registration ID "Little Little Rabbit" sent a "greeting gift" to the tournament organizers through the guò Kafan forum, announcing that he had broken the 360 XP shield in 10 seconds, and directly uploaded and stole the documents on the computer protected by the 360 shield armor. In addition, the well-known self-media person "Lao Xu Shi Commentary" also questioned the time of the competition, such as: "Why is the competition chosen at 8 o'clock in the morning of the Qingming Festival?" "Who are the judges?" Who is responsible for the technology? ”

Analysts said that with the exit of XP, it is undoubtedly a big event or an opportunity for the operating system industry and the security industry. However, judging from the current market share, Microsoft will still be the biggest winner, whether it is consumers who choose to upgrade to Windows or those who continue to use XP.

(Original title: Good days and cherish them)

Source: Beijing Morning Post