All the major antivirus software vendors are going to continue providing support Windows 7 by their products for more two years. Windows 7 is now discontinued by Microsoft starting on January 14, 2020.
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Most vendors, with a few exceptions, have confirmed that their software will remain available for on Windows 7 systems for at least two years, until 2022. Windows 7 is widely used, so this will ensure that Windows 7 users stay protected.
It is worth mentioning that Microsoft's own solution, MSE, will no longer receive new versions of the app on Windows 7, but Microsoft will continue releasing signature updates for it.
Windows 7 reached its official End-Of-Life two weeks ago, on January 14, 2020. Microsoft will no longer release security patches to consumers, except for user who have purchased the Extended Security Updates option (ESU).
The following table, provided by AV-Test, reveals antivirus makers' plans regarding Windows 7 support.
| Manufacturer | Support information |
|---|---|
| AhnLab | No end of support announced, at least another 2 years |
| AVG & Avast | No end of support announced, at least another 2 years - further details |
| Avira | Support ends in November 2022 - further details |
| Bitdefender | No end of support announced, at least another 2 years - further details |
| BullGuard | No end of support announced, at least another 2 years |
| Carbon Black | No end of support announced, at least another 2 years |
| ESET | No end of support announced, at least another 2 years |
| FireEye | No end of support announced, at least another 2 years |
| F-Secure | No end of support announced, at least until December 2021 |
| G Data | No end of support announced, at least another 2 years |
| Ikarus | No end of support announced, at least another 2 years |
| Kaspersky | No end of support announced, at least another 2 years |
| K7 Computing | No end of support announced, at least another 2 years |
| McAfee | No end of support announced, at least until December 2021 - further details |
| Microsoft (Security Essentials) | End of support for program updates, still offering only signature updates (without an end date) - further details |
| Microworld | No end of support announced, at least another 2 years |
| PC Matic | No end of support announced, at least another 2 years |
| Quickheal | No end of support announced, at least another 2 years |
| Seqrite | No end of support announced, at least another 2 years |
| Sophos | Support on-premise until December 2020, Cloud-managed until June 2021 |
| Symantec / NortonLifeLock | No end of support announced, at least another 2 years |
| ThreatTrack / Vipre | No end of support announced, at least another 2 years |
| TotalAV | No end of support announced, at least 1 year |
| Trend Micro | No end of support announced, at least another 2 years - further details |
Source: ZDNet
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what about Panda?
Not mentioned for some reason. So, it is unknown what they are going to do.
Panda support Windows XP SP3 and later, because don’t need worry about and support.
However, such broad support makes us think about the reliability of the product, because It requires a large staff of developers and testers to test the code on all supported systems.
This does not guarantee user staying secure, an av cannot protects agains low level kernel leaks that Microsoft isn’t going to fix.
True there!