Kaspersky Lab: Greek PC users who continue to use computers with operating system amounted to 18.21% Windows XP, βάσει των στατιστικών του Kaspersky Security Network για τον Ιούνιο του 2014. 
Σημειώνεται ότι το Kaspersky Security Network είναι μια παγκόσμια cloud υπηρεσία της Kaspersky Lab, στην οποία οι χρήστες συμφωνούν να παράσχουν δεδομένα εθελοντικά. Παγκοσμίως, το ποσοστό αυτό ανήλθε σε 16,37%. Το γεγονός αυτό είναι πιθανό να επιφέρει συνέπειες στον τομέα της ασφάλειας πληροφοριών. Τα παραπάνω στοιχεία περιλαμβάνονται στα ευρήματα της έρευνας "Windows Usage and Vulnerabilities" που πραγματοποίησαν οι ειδικοί της Kaspersky Lab.
Computer users using an old operating system or outdated versions of installed software are at risk of becoming victims attackof some malicious software that exploits program vulnerabilities.
In the survey, the proportion of users was highlighted Windows XP of the total number of people using its products Kaspersky Lab for Windows-based systems in each country. At the top of the list, Vietnam was found, with 38,79% of users continuing to prefer Windows XP. Followed by China with 27,35%, India with 26,88% and Algeria with 24,25%. Almost one in five computers have a product Kaspersky Lab in Italy (20,31%) and Spain (19,26%) are still running Windows XP. Smaller is the US rate (4,52%).
Although technical support for the Windows XP was shut down in April of 2014, the availability of the particular operating system had stopped already since 2010. However, this did not affect his popularity. According to her data Kaspersky Lab, the use of Windows XP was reduced by about 10 percentage points per year. This reduction was not significantly affected by external events that could accelerate it, for example, the circulation of Windows 8.1 (October 2013) or discontinuation of support to Windows XP. In November of 2013, the percentage of users Windows XP was world-wide at 21,42%, while in June this percentage had fallen to 16,37%. This is a decrease of the order of 5,05 percentage points, which corresponds to half of the average annual reduction of XP usage.
On the contrary, the market share of the Windows 8.1, the newest Windows operating system, was 7,22% in June of 2014. This result is improved by 1 percentage points compared to Windows 8 at the relevant stage of placing on the market. More specifically, in the period October 2012-June 2013, the Windows 8 were installed on 6,22% of computers using its products Kaspersky Lab.
Protection technologies
"His statistics Kaspersky Security Network show that the XP era is coming to an end. However, a large percentage of users still use this outdated operating system. Microsoft has suspended support for XP, which means no security updates or patches will be released for vulnerabilities that may still exist in the system. If digital criminals detect vulnerabilities, XP users will be threatened, "said Vyacheslav Zakorzhevsky, Head of the Vulnerability Research Team of Kaspersky Lab.
To reduce the risks they face, its experts Kaspersky Lab recommend users regularly update the software they use and use a reliable security solution that has technologies to address attacks that target exploitation of vulnerabilities.
These technologies are incorporated into its products Kaspersky Lab for home users (Kaspersky Anti-Virus, Kaspersky Internet Security Multi-Device and Kaspersky PURE) as well as corporate solutions Kaspersky Small Office Security and Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business.
