It’s possible that, if a particularly dangerous security hole is found, Microsoft will patch it anyway.

Many people have asked us if this is an option, but Microsoft only offers them to organizations. There’s no way to pay extra for security updates if you’re a home user. That fee is designed to encourage organizations to upgrade. Microsoft will still offer “extended security updates” for it, but only to organizations like businesses and governments-and only if those organizations pay an ever-increasing fee. Windows 7 support hasn’t ended completely. For now, Google says it will keep supporting Chrome on Windows 7 until at least July 15, 2021. Windows 7 will eventually meet the same fate. Many web browsers and other software tools have dropped support for Windows XP in their latest versions. With the end of official support, software developers will receive the signal that they shouldn’t keep supporting Windows 7. Windows 7 will still have an open security hole that attackers know about. Now, when attackers find such a security hole and Microsoft patches it, those patches will be applied only to Windows 8 and 10. Often, security holes are found for all recent versions of Windows. Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, and 10 are all built on the same underlying architecture. In other words, Microsoft won’t release any new security patches to Windows Update.

Now that Microsoft has axed support, Windows 7 will no longer get security patches. RELATED: RIP Windows 7: We're Going to Miss You So What Changes? If you do keep using this operating system, it’s now especially important that you have security software (like an antivirus) installed and take steps to secure your PC. You may see some nags informing you that “Your Windows 7 PC is out of support,” but that’s it. Microsoft won’t stop you from using your PC. If you have a PC running Windows 7 or Windows XP, you can use it on January 15, 2020, just as you could on January 13, 2020. Windows 7 will keep working normally, just like Windows XP does.

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