Many anti-virus software will continue supporting Windows 7
After the end of support on January 14 this year, Windows 7 may become a target for hackers. Unless you can pay to join the Extended Security Update (ESU) program, you will no longer receive security updates from Microsoft for free. This means that if you continue to use Windows 7, without additional precautions, your PC will be very vulnerable.
For business users, you can receive security updates through a paid ESU project. But for ordinary users, only antivirus software can protect them.
Below is the anti-virus software list that continues to support Windows 7
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: av-test
Almost all major antivirus vendors continue to support Windows 7 systems after the end of their life cycle. Even if the supplier announced the termination of the support program, it also provides users with a transition period of at least 1 year.
