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How many times was the Windows XP operating system downloaded illegally?

Over 1 billion

Background

Windows XP was pirated more than 1 billion times worldwide. The system launched in 2001 and became hugely popular among users. In countries like China, piracy rates once topped 90 percent. Microsoft officially stopped supporting XP in 2014.

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