Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 will officially reach end-of-support on January 14, 2020, but they will continue to receive security patches past that date, unofficially.
Microsoft will still provide support for some customers through Extended Security Updates (ESU), but the majority of systems still running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 will no longer receive security updates, thus remaining exposed to attacks exploiting newly discovered vulnerabilities.
While buying ESU from Microsoft will certainly be the best solution for some organizations, the extended support will only be good for 3 years, and they will eventually need to upgrade to newer, supported platform iterations, or remain vulnerable.
ACROS Security, a Slovenia-based company focused on delivering tiny fixes for vulnerabilities in popular software before official patches arrive, says it will provide support for both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 even after Microsoft will stop doing so.
“We're going to security-adopt Windows 7 and Windows 2008 Server for those of you who want to keep them patched after their official security updates have dried out,” ACROS Security says.
The company’s micro-patching service is called 0patch, and is offered both for free and in a paid form. Through the free service, users have been provided with fixes for high-risk vulnerabilities affecting Windows, WinRAR, OpenOffice, Microsoft’s JET Database, and Adobe Re ..
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