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Re:Windows 7, not XP, was the reason WCry spread so widely by ant6n on Sunday May 21, 2017 @12:12PM (#14387887)
Does that include all security updates for the windowses ... it's only 2MB (?!)
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Re:Windows 7, not XP, was the reason WCry spread so widely by rincebrain on Sunday May 21, 2017 @12:57PM (#14388061)
It pulls down a list of updates then fetches them.
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Re:Windows 7, not XP, was the reason WCry spread so widely by ant6n on Monday May 22, 2017 @12:31PM (#14394916)
So you need an already updated Windows computer to actually get the updates
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