A disaster in the making: 95% of ATMs still run Windows XP

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868cd84fb1381aa4f97b99c253bc0727.jpgAs we've mentioned multiple times, now is really the time to upgrade from Windows XP if you haven't done so already. Even though Microsoft will extend support for its Windows XP security products through July 2015, the company has warned that “the effectiveness of antimalware solutions on out-of-support operating systems is limited." Bloomberg Businessweek reports that some of the most important machines that desperately need to upgrade from Windows XP are ATMs, of which an estimated 95% still run on Microsoft's older operating system.

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