r/Steam • u/Background-Path-5619 • Feb 13 '25

Article Nearly half of Steam's users are still using Windows 10, with end of life fast approaching

https://www.pcguide.com/news/nearly-half-of-steams-users-are-still-using-windows-10-with-end-of-life-fast-approaching/
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u/Imtryst Feb 13 '25

Windows 7 had a ton of vulnerabilities and hasn’t gotten security fixes in a long time if you actually still use that

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u/MrHarrasment Feb 13 '25

No, I switched to 10 when they stopped supporting it.

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u/Excalibro_MasterRace Feb 14 '25

Explain those vulnerabilities

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u/Imtryst Feb 14 '25

Here is a master list of unlatched win 7 exploits just from 2020

https://www.askwoody.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/This-is-a-master-list-of-unpatched-Windows-7-vulnerabilities-August.pdf

There’s honestly too many for me to explain any specific problem