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Re:Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global by willstrafach on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @01:30PM (#14647387)
> But 0days or no, there will always exist some number of computers that have not been properly kept up-to-date and thus will be vulnerable to security exploits even after they've been disclosed and patched.

You are correct about this. Patches were released in March, but many seem to have put off security-critical patching.

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Re:Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global by SyneRyder on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @02:11PM (#14647754)
> Patches were released in March, but many seem to have put off security-critical patching.

In fairness to some of the unpatched - the last round of Windows 10 updates refused to install on some machines (well, mine and some others on Twitter), and trapped me in an endless loop of download-install-fail-download. When this happened my landline internet was down, so this was happening over 4G tethering, and burning up $20/day in cellphone data until I just turned off my internet/tethering.

I'm not saying don't patch (you should!), just that even people trying to stay patched and do the right thing can find they're unable to do so.

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Re:Another Ransomware Outbreak Is Going Global by willstrafach on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @02:16PM (#14647805)
You are absolutely correct, people are even still wary after the aggressive Windows 10 update tricks, so it is extremely unfortunate yet does make some sense.

I hope Microsoft can find a way to earn trust back, this problem is going to get much worse if people do not install security patches ASAP when released.

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