Antivirus Providers Continue Supporting Windows 7

AleksandarK · Jan 30, 2020

Despite Microsoft ending Windows 7 support on January the 14th and declaring it End-Of-Life (EOL), most of the antivirus providers are still providing their services to Windows 7 users. With a large portion of the users unable to switch to the newer and supported OS versions like Windows 10, antivirus providers see a good opportunity to gain new customers that want to protect their PCs from the possible threats. Thanks to the AV-Test report we have a list of antivirus providers that are going to support Windows 7, and it includes all of the big players with a plan to support their software on Windows 7 until 2022. So some of the Windows 7 users unable to upgrade to the newer OS are going to be at least semi-protected against possible vulnerabilities, with exception of course for those found in OS level.

When it comes to the number one source of the threats, the browser, there is some good news there as well. Google plans to support its Chrome browser to at least July 2021, while Mozilla declared no official information about their support plans, however, if they behave as they did with Windows XP and its support ending, your Firefox browser will likely get some more mileage out of it.

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R0H1T · Jan 30, 2020

AleksandarK said:
Windows 7 users unable to upgrade to the more OS

Should be something like ~ to the more advanced OS

eidairaman1 · Jan 30, 2020

If Anything MS Should of just stuck with 7...

windwhirl · Jan 30, 2020

Nothing really strange. For that matter, Avira still delivered virus definitions for Windows XP systems as recently as december 2019, although most other components, like heuristics, have been "frozen" since 2016.

Source: I know someone who works in the government, they still had this one machine running XP and connected to the Internet, running Avira antivirus. Legacy software that never got updated and on top of that the installation software was lost.

64K · Jan 30, 2020

I wonder how many people are still running Windows 7. I finally updated my back up rig to Win 10 a couple of weeks ago. I waited until the last minute. It was hard to part ways with Win 7 just like with XP. Both were very good OS's imo.

Vayra86 · Jan 30, 2020

windwhirl said:
Nothing really strange. For that matter, Avira still delivered virus definitions for Windows XP systems as recently as december 2019, although most other components, like heuristics, have been "frozen" since 2016.

Source: I know someone who works in the government, they still had this one machine running XP and connected to the Internet, running Avira antivirus. Legacy software that never got updated and on top of that the installation software was lost.

Several municipalities in my country recently got ransomwared on older OSes. If I remember right in at least one case they paid out and in the others they hired consultants to unscrew everything... for as far as possible. I believe it took them quite some time, too

Go figure

Shihab · Jan 30, 2020

Considering that they are very much redundant (in in some cases, counter-productive) in post Win7 OSes, I say that continuing supporting Win 7 is not really a choice here, it's one last straw to hang on before drowning in (to?) obscurity (in the consumer market, at least).

With that said, why does everyone expect third party vendor to follow MS's EoL deadlines? Afaik that wasn't a common thing before, why would it be now?

gamefoo21 · Jan 30, 2020

windwhirl said:
Nothing really strange. For that matter, Avira still delivered virus definitions for Windows XP systems as recently as december 2019, although most other components, like heuristics, have been "frozen" since 2016.

Source: I know someone who works in the government, they still had this one machine running XP and connected to the Internet, running Avira antivirus. Legacy software that never got updated and on top of that the installation software was lost.

I was going to say, didn't the AV companies support XP until recently?

Why would they dump 7 so quickly. Lots of Corporate boxes still running it. I actually have to keep Vista on one computer because the HD-DVD burner software doesn't appreciate.

No tears over not supporting 8 will be shed though.

theFOoL · Jan 30, 2020

I mean All MS should of done is updated the Bluetooth service and other features and that's it. W7/8 both still have the same Explorer UI from Windows 95! How hard is it to change a UI? Yes people don't like change like cars nowadays have all these new features like the car slightly moves if close to the line, Etc. With Windows 10 they should of have option upon installation rather having a improved UI or not but stupidity they are too lazy to finish the UI. They could of easily done this but nope

Gmr_Chick · Jan 31, 2020

64K said:
I wonder how many people are still running Windows 7. I finally updated my back up rig to Win 10 a couple of weeks ago. I waited until the last minute. It was hard to part ways with Win 7 just like with XP. Both were very good OS's imo.

My mom's PC (which used to be mine before my Ryzen 1600 rig) is running Windows 7, lol. I really liked Win 7, it was like Vista, minus all the headaches. But in the time I've been using Win 10, I've grown to like it...for the most part, anyway.

Melvis · Jan 31, 2020

64K said:
I wonder how many people are still running Windows 7. I finally updated my back up rig to Win 10 a couple of weeks ago. I waited until the last minute. It was hard to part ways with Win 7 just like with XP. Both were very good OS's imo.

I can count about 12 Computers at my mum and dads place and my own (including brothers 2 machines) that all run Windows 7.

isnt MS just not giving out Secuirty updates for 7? but everything else still gets updates or am I wrong?

SetsunaFZero · Jan 31, 2020

Melvis said:
isnt MS just not giving out Secuirty updates for 7? but everything else still gets updates or am I wrong?

Only if you pay the monthly fee for the Extended Security support which is only available for company's.

windwhirl · Jan 31, 2020

SetsunaFZero said:
Only if you pay the monthly fee for the Extended Security support which is only available for company's.

Though you do get one last patch to fix a bug with the wallpaper :laugh:

Melvis · Jan 31, 2020

SetsunaFZero said:
Only if you pay the monthly fee for the Extended Security support which is only available for company's.

Yeah but like i said thats security what about everything else?

Dragonsmonk · Jan 31, 2020

Melvis said:
Yeah but like i said thats security what about everything else?

Nothing else gets updated afaik.

rtwjunkie · Feb 2, 2020

rk3066 said:
I mean All MS should of done is updated the Bluetooth service and other features and that's it. W7/8 both still have the same Explorer UI from Windows 95! How hard is it to change a UI? Yes people don't like change like cars nowadays have all these new features like the car slightly moves if close to the line, Etc. With Windows 10 they should of have option upon installation rather having a improved UI or not but stupidity they are too lazy to finish the UI. They could of easily done this but nope

I really hope you are not implying that the only difference with 10 is a different UI?

Melvis said:
snt MS just not giving out Secuirty updates for 7? but everything else still gets updates or am I wrong?

No, the other stuff stopped getting any updates a couple years ago. The only thing since then that MS has updated has been security.

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Antivirus Providers Continue Supporting Windows 7

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