Microsoft Claimed that Windows XP Will always remain Vulnerable for Hacker

Microsoft official has also published a graph included in the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report volume 14, stating that Windows XP is currently the operating system with the highest malware infection rate. Windows 7 and Windows 8 are obviously the most secure platforms right now.

It’s no secret that Microsoft is trying to convince everyone still running Windows XP to move to either Windows 7 or Windows 8, so the company keeps doing this with the help of a brand new post.

This time, Tim Rains, director of Trustworthy Computing, points to the security risks caused by sticking to Windows XP beyond the April 8, 2014 retirement date, explaining that the 11-year-old OS will soon become vulnerable “forever.”

“What is the risk of continuing to run Windows XP after its end of support date? One risk is that attackers will have the advantage over defenders who choose to run Windows XP because attackers will likely have more information about vulnerabilities in Windows XP than defenders,” Rains explains.

What’s more, Rains reveals that Windows has been targeted by 45 Microsoft security bulletins between July 2012 and July 2013, while Windows 7 and Windows 8 received only 30 such patches.

Once the Windows XP’s support comes to an end, the operating system will be vulnerable forever, the company official explains.

“The very first month that Microsoft releases security updates for supported versions of Windows, attackers will reverse engineer those updates, find the vulnerabilities and test Windows XP to see if it shares those vulnerabilities. If it does, attackers will attempt to develop exploit code that can take advantage of those vulnerabilities on Windows XP,” he states.

“Since a security update will never become available for Windows XP to address these vulnerabilities, Windows XP will essentially have a ‘zero day’ vulnerability forever.”

Users, on the other hand, don’t really seem to care about Microsoft’s warnings. At this point, Windows XP is still powering more than 37 percent of computers worldwide, and only a few of them are actually planning to move to a newer platform.

How do I restore the Recycle Bin to the Desktop in Windows XP?

For many users, the Recycle Bin typically found on the Microsoft Windows Desktop is an important facet of the graphical-user interface and the overall operating system experience. However, under certain conditions, which we will not go into here, the Recycle Bin has been known to disappear from the Windows Desktop. This quirky behavior is no big deal for Windows Vista and Windows 7 users because the fix is just a few clicks away under Desktop Properties.

However, for Windows XP users there is no simple way to add back the Recycle Bin to the Desktop. They have to resort to a Windows Registry file edit. In this How Do I blog post, you will find out what to edit to restore the Recycle Bin icon to the Windows Desktop.

Note: The Windows Registry is a vital component of the operating system. A corrupted Windows Registry could result in a PC that will not boot to Windows. Back up the Windows Registry before you do any edits.

Start regedit

To start the Registry Editor in Windows XP, type regedit into the Run dialog box, as shown in Figure A.

Figure A

Type regedit in the Run box.

Click OK and you’ll open the Registry Editor, as shown in Figure B.

Figure B

Open the Registry Editor.

Inside the Registry Editor you will navigate to this entry, as shown in Figure C:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace

Figure C

Navigate to this entry.

Right-click on the NameSpace registry key, as shown in Figure D,  and then navigate to New | Key.

Figure D

Right-click to create a new key.

Type the following string in the new key (copy and paste it would be your best bet):

645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E

You should now have a new registry key, like the one shown in Figure E.

Figure E

The new key is created.

In the right-hand pane, double-click the Default entry to reveal a dialog box like the one shown inFigure F.

Figure F

This is the default value.

Change the text in the Value Data box to read Recycle Bin and click OK. You should now have a key with an entry similar to the one shown in Figure G.

Figure G

A new key and default entry have been created.

Close the editor and, for the sake of making sure your registry edits were successful, reboot your PC to restart the operating system. When the Windows Desktop reloads, you should have an active Recycle Bin.

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