Reply to post: Re: "the SMB server bug is the result of a buffer overflow in Microsoft's code. "

74 countries hit by NSA-powered WannaCrypt ransomware backdoor: Emergency fixes emitted by Microsoft for WinXP+

h4rm0ny

Re: "the SMB server bug is the result of a buffer overflow in Microsoft's code. "

>>BTW People make a big thing about XP but this SMB stuff is in all versions of Windows.

Yes, and patched automatically in all supported versions before this happened. The reason people make a big deal about XP is because nobody should be using this 2001 OS in 2017. If you're running Windows 7 / 10 then unless you've somehow prevented it updating it's not vulnerable to this. You make it sound as if all versions are.

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