Last year, several dangerous security vulnerabilities were found in the popular 7zip compression tool that were closed with new versions. However, these patches had to be downloaded and installed ...

Windows 10 PCs can receive free security updates until October 2026. To qualify for free personal updates, enroll with a Microsoft account. Customers in any of the 30 EEA countries automatically ...

The upcoming end-of-support date for Windows 10 is coming later this October, but Microsoft has now added another option for users to stay for another year. This new option to retain Windows 10 and ...

Republished on May 13 with reaction to Microsoft’s u-turn and a Patch Tuesday full of active exploits — a timely warning not to lose security support. No one saw this coming. Microsoft’s campaign to ...

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In what marks the end of an era, Microsoft has released the Windows 10 KB5066791 cumulative update, the final cumulative update for the operating system as it reaches the end of its support lifecycle.

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Microsoft's Secure Boot certificates expire in June, and unless you've enrolled in its 'Extended Security Updates' program, the OS will fall into a 'degraded security state', Microsoft says.