Windows 95 is 22 years old today – let’s hope it doesn’t turn 23

On this day in 1995, Microsoft released Windows 95 to the public. It was an important moment for the company, and it paid The Rolling Stones $3 million for the right to use Start Me Up in its marketing campaign for the revolutionary new operating system. And start it up people did. Windows 95 was a huge commercial success for the Microsoft, with 40 million copies sold in the first year alone. The only problem is, two decades later, some people haven’t shut it down. I spoke to Dutch security researcher Victor Gevers about the prevalence of Windows 95 in…

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