lauren@vortex.com
Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 08:22:23 -0700
via NNSquad https://www.engadget.com/2017/05/13/Microsoft-WindowsXP-WannaCrypt-NHS-patch/
Microsoft officially ended its support for most Windows XP computers back
in 2014, but today it's delivering one more public patch for the
16-year-old OS. As described in a post on its Windows Security blog, it's
taking this "highly unusual" step after customers worldwide including
England's National Health Service suffered a hit from "WannaCrypt"
ransomware. Microsoft patched all of its currently supported systems to
fix the flaw back in March, but now there's an update available for
unsupported systems too, including Windows XP, Windows 8 and Windows
Server 2003, which you can grab here (note: if that link isn't working
then there are direct download links available in the Security blog post).
Sure, now that the spread has apparently been largely contained through other means, Microsoft shows up, a day late and a dollar short, as usual.