Re:A Cyberattack 'the World Isn’t Ready For'
by sesqu on Friday June 23, 2017 @04:12AM
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Why? The only reason XP came up was because Microsoft went out of their way to patch it themselves.
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Re:A Cyberattack 'the World Isn’t Ready For'
by PakG1 on Saturday June 24, 2017 @03:57AM
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Because XP patches only worked on valid licenses. A ton of XP in China is pirated. So Qihoo 360 created custom patches for all those pirated versions of Windows. Weird Alice in Wonderland situation.
https://www.engadget.com/2017/05/15/pirated-windows-china-ru...