Take a look at the statistics
Kaspersky Labs recently presented the latest figures and they’re pretty interesting: the 64-bit version of Windows 7 was worst hit at 60.53% of infected devices. 31.72% of infections were found on Windows 7 and 6.28% were found on Windows 7 Home (both 32 and 64-bit versions combined). Windows 7 is still the most popular version of Windows overall, so it’s no surprise that is was the most affected. Users who expected that the next in line would be the Windows XP can rest easy as the cyber attack hit less than 0.1% of PCs running Windows XP. The 63-bit version of Windows 10 only accounted for 0.03% of infected devices thanks to testers and the use of manual infections. Kaspersky’s numbers also highlight the massive importance of keeping your OS fully updated and patched. This is the exact reason for which Microsoft itself rolled out patches for all Windows versions to protect systems from these types of cyber attacks. For Windows 7, the company released a patch for WannaCry back in March. RELATED STORIES TO CHECK OUT:
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