News from NTN September 25, This Thursday, a user on the overseas forum 4chan released a document claiming to be the source code of WindowsXP, with a total volume of 43GB. At present, the source code has been widely disseminated, and Microsoft has not yet responded to this.
▲ Windows XP classic desktop, picture source Microsoft
Some independent security researchers have begun to study the code in depth and talk about its accuracy, and believe that it can withstand scrutiny (Microsoft has started to share the XP system source code with university researchers, government agencies, etc. through the code plan in 2001. Verify its safety and completeness).
▲ Picture source RoninDey
According to the researchers, the document includes:
- MS DOS 3.30
- MS DOS 6.0
- Windows 2000
- Windows CE 3
- Windows CE 4
- Windows CE 5
- Windows Embedded 7
- Windows Embedded CE
- Windows NT 3.5
- Windows NT 4
- Dump of the original Xbox source code
In addition, the code publisher is suspected to have released a 2.9GB Windows Server 2003. The leaker also stated that, in fact, the source code of Windows XP has been privately transmitted between hackers for many years, but it was released publicly for the first time today.
Naija Tech News learned that the Windows XP operating system was officially released on October 25, 2001, and the name “XP” means Experience. On April 8, 2014, Microsoft terminated its technical support for the system, but after that it still released patches for the system during some major computer security incidents.
According to the latest data from the statistical agency NetMarketShare, computers currently running Windows XP still account for about 1.26% of the global network PCs.
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