Is MS ignoring Win 7 security issues?

[astral]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/06/patch_piker_redmond_means_win_8_fixes_skip_7_researchers_say/

The above article suggest that they are

and those of us running Windows 7 are at risk

[Torrens54]

Gee thanks folks.

Having gone to the above link, I'm ashamed to say, I have NO IDEA what it is all about.

Yep, I am a self-confessed COMPUTER ILLITERATE so could someone PLEASE tell me what this is all about and DO i NEED to WORRY???

Thanks from me and probably thousands of others, who are too ashamed to ask.

[NeverSure]

Any chance the guys saying this have a product they hope to sell to Microsoft?

[NeverSure]

Gee thanks folks.

Having gone to the above link, I'm ashamed to say, I have NO IDEA what it is all about.

Yep, I am a self-confessed COMPUTER ILLITERATE so could someone PLEASE tell me what this is all about and DO i NEED to WORRY???

Thanks from me and probably thousands of others, who are too ashamed to ask.

You are at terrible risk. You must immediately send your computer, its accessories, and its contents to me for safe disposal.

I'm not worried about it. I've never had a successful (or unsuccessful that I know of) attack on 7. It just keeps on keepin' on.

[totonjoy]

Some of the comments after the article seem to imply there's nothing to worry about