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Microsoft extends Windows XP anti-malware support as security issue looms over cash machines running the old OS

20 January 2014 •

Limited anti-malware support to continue for Windows XP as banks rush to upgrade cash machines running the aging operating system

Software giant Microsoft has pledged to continue providing anti-malware support for its 12-year-old client operating system Windows XP after the revelation that discontinuing support in April could...

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