DENVER — Consumer advocates are sounding the alarm about Microsoft's plan to pull automatic support for Windows 10, which provides security and other updates to the software.

“We do think that forcing users to pay to keep support or else risk a security threat is a little bit exploitative and not fair to customers who have purchased Windows 10 computers that still run completely fine,” said Easton Lane with CoPIRG, a consumer advocacy group. Easton Lane with CoPIRG & Denver7 Anchor Jessica Porter

In an open letter to Microsoft , CoPIRG called on the company to extend support, as it believes the move will impact 400 million computers. The group estimates 43 percent of computers running Windows 10 cannot upgrade to Windows 11 due to strict hardware requirements.

Microsoft said PCs will

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