Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. The secret to the continuing availability of security patches ...

TL;DR: Windows 7 is experiencing a surprising resurgence in 2025, rising to nearly 10% of the global desktop Windows market share, up from 2% in July. Despite Microsoft ending support in 2023, its ...

Microsoft has ended support for updates to Windows 7, including the Extended Security Upgrade (ESU) program. Ending updates and patches mean users who choose to remain on Windows 7 will be at risk, ...

What just happened? Judgment day for Windows 7 and 8 has finally arrived. While we've known this was coming for a while, Microsoft had a final surprise for Windows 7 users: anyone still needing ...

Mozilla recently updated its official Firefox support article for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1, giving users of these ancient ...