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Re:Cisco's Talos team analysis of WannaCry worm by DanBC on Saturday May 13, 2017 @08:19AM (#14330574)
Windows has had exploits where preview features (eg Explorer thumbnails) were running malicious code.
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Re:Cisco's Talos team analysis of WannaCry worm by averagewall on Saturday May 13, 2017 @08:05PM (#14333599)
Of course. Windows has also had RCE vulnerabilities just by being connected to the internet. Hence the need to keep it updated.
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