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December 4, 2017 06:17 pm GMT

Windows 7 users are officially dropping like flies

For the first time in a long time, Windows 7 is now being run by less than half of PC users. Only 43.12% still use the eight-year-old operating system, reports TechRadar. 

This figure is down 3.5% from last year, but the drop-off is accelerating, reducing 2.6% in the last month. 

SEE ALSO: Microsoft's new 'Sets' could be the best Windows feature in years

However, those figures don't tell the whole story, noted NetMarketShare, the service that collected the data. Traffic from bots (automated accounts) has been on the rise in the past few years, and a lot of those bots are operating from Windows 7 machines. Read more...

More about Microsoft, Windows 10, Bots, Windows 7, and Windows 8

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