https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/14/windows_7_uk_cybercops/

Britain's cyber-plod have warned people not to use Windows 7 machines for online banking, nor emails, nor any other services that contain sensitive information – which rules out pretty much everything except reading The Register.

Support for the Microsoft operating system officially ends on Tuesday January 14, give or take some caveats, and GCHQ's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) wants people to know that that means the likelihood of being compromised is going to jump, now regular security updates are ending.