If You Still Use Windows XP, Prepare For the Worst
If You Still Use Windows XP, Prepare For the Worst
Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer
May 17, 20177m 27s
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Show Notes
As a vicious new strain of ransomware swept the UK’s National Health Service yesterday, shutting off services at hospitals and clinics throughout the region, experts cautioned that the best protection was to download a patch Microsoft had issued in March. The only problem? A reported 90 percent of NHS systems run Windows XP, an operating system Microsoft first introduced in 2001, and hasn’t supported since 2014.
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