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Microsoft issues ‘highly unusual’ Windows XP patch to prevent massive ransomware attack
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Well, get the patch if you are running XP to protect your machine from the wannacry worm.
Microsoft issues ‘highly unusual’ Windows XP patch to prevent massive ransomware attack
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