So you like Windows 7 and don't want to change. Windows 7 is a good operating system and if you were XP oriented it doesn't vary too far from the familiarity of XP. However Windows 7 was introduced in 2009, 8 years ago and much has changed since then. Businesses are under constant attack by hackers, DDOS attacks and malware/ransomware. This past July there were over 58 million attempts to infect customers with ransomware uing email alone.
Windows 10 has security features that neutralize 2 of the latest zero-day exploits, that's good. Stopped in its tracks before ever getting started.
Zero-day
ComputingA zero-day (also known as zero-hour or 0-day) vulnerability is a previously undisclosed computer-software vulnerability that hackers can exploit to adversely affect computer programs, data, additional computers or a network.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-day_attack
Windows 7 vs Windows 10 Ransomware attacks compared.
I have dealt with ransomware attacks before. Each time it was a PC with Windows 7 installed. This past July there were over 58 million attempts to infect customers with ransomware uing email alone.
The new Edge browser included in Windows 10 is yet to have a zero-day attack and when it happens which I'm sure it will, there is additional built in protection to contain damage. Adobe's Flash Player, often exploited by hackers runs in an application container to prevent attacks from reaching critical Windows processes.
Windows Defender has been much improved with the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. There is a new feature called Block at First Sight which responds faster to previously unknow malware.
If you don't know what ransomware is? The following definition and link from Wikipedia (almost type Wikileaks, :-))
Ransomware is computer malware that installs covertly on a victim's computer, executes a cryptovirology attack that adversely affects it, and demands a ransom payment to decrypt it or not publish it. Simple ransomware may lock the system in a way which is not difficult for a knowledgeable person to reverse, and display a message requesting payment to unlock it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ransomware
Read about this and more at the appropriate link below:
Microsoft warns business customers to begin migrating from Windows 7, exactly three years before it reaches end of life.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-windows-7-in-2017-is-so-outdated-that-patches-cant-keep-it-secure/?loc=newsletter_large_thumb_related&ftag=TRE0fb9d06&bhid=2219791
Microsoft: Windows 7 is way more exposed to ransomware than Windows 10
For those of you who've avoided upgrading to Windows 10 so far, Microsoft has offered some scary ransomware numbers to prove it's in your interests to do so.
Microsoft to make Windows 10 upgrades free for more Windows 10 subscription plan users
Microsoft is enabling Windows users who buy Windows 10 Enterprise as a subscription service from its cloud partners to upgrade from Windows 7 or 8.1 for free.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-to-make-windows-10-upgrades-free-for-more-windows-10-subscription-plan-users/?loc=newsletter_large_thumb_related&ftag=TREc64629f&bhid=2219791
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