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Tom’s Hardware
Tom’s Hardware
Technology
Jon Martindale

Windows 10 support ends today — here's who's affected and what you need to do

Windows 10 laptop sitting on a desk in a dark room.

As of October 14, Windows 10 is no longer supported by Microsoft. That means no more feature updates, no more official troubleshooting support, and most importantly, no more security updates. Any zero-day exploits hackers have been sitting on are almost certainly now out in the wild, and there's not much Microsoft is going to do to stop them.

If you're still running Windows 10, it's really important you take steps to protect yourself as soon as possible. Your operating system is almost certainly far less secure than it was at the start of October 2025.

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