Reply to post: Downgrade to XP

UK.gov joins Microsoft in fingering North Korea for WannaCry

Stuart 22

Downgrade to XP

"Windows XP machines crashed rather than becoming infected when subjected to WannaCry. Unpatched Windows 7 machines were a far more important factor, it transpired"

I had never thought of BSOD as malware protection before ... maybe they should re-brand it as DefenderPlus.

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