The forecast was based on Microsoft's behavior five years ago, when it kept cranking out malware signature updates for Windows XP users of MSE in the months after that operating system's April 2014 retirement.īack when Windows XP was about to hit end-of-life on April 8, 2014, we were treated to a deluge of dire warnings, saying that MSE updates would die on the same date that XP hit the skids. 14, even for those paying for Extended Support.Ĭomputerworld previously speculated that Microsoft would provide updates to MSE even after Windows 7's retirement, slated for Jan. He talked about how MSE updates would stop on Jan. Gregg Keizer had an excellent article in Computerworld a few days ago on this same topic.

If you pay for Extended Support, doesn't that, by definition, extend the Win7 lifecycle date? And if the lifecycle date is extended, wouldn’t MSE follow the same extended lifecycle date?

This product is unique to Windows 7 and follows the same lifecycle dates for support. No, your Windows 7 PC will not be protected by Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) after January 14, 2020. Will Microsoft Security Essentials continue to protect my PC after end of support?

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