Microsoft
has announced that it would shut down support for its 11-year old
Windows XP operating system widely used in personal computers and
laptops over security concerns.
Ahead of the planned shut down,
Microsoft Acting Country Manager for Nigeria, Mrs Awawu
Olumide-Sojirin told journalists in Lagos that the company will stop
sending updates and assisted support to Windows XP by April, 2014.
She
said the measure was taken to protect users of the application from
fraudsters and hackers who have found ways to make window-XP
vulnerable.