{"id":2009,"date":"2017-06-26T20:44:13","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T19:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/?p=2009"},"modified":"2017-06-26T20:44:13","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T19:44:13","slug":"microsoft-release-an-emergency-update-for-windows-xp-to-protect-against-wannacry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/26\/microsoft-release-an-emergency-update-for-windows-xp-to-protect-against-wannacry\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Release an Emergency update for Windows XP to protect against WannaCry."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Microsoft Release an Emergency update for Windows XP to protect against WannaCry Malware<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Hints_Tips.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-462 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Hints_Tips.png\" alt=\"Microsoft Release an Emergency update for Windows XP to protect against WannaCry Malware\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Hints_Tips.png 200w, http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Hints_Tips-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>MICROSOFT has just released an emergency software patch for the now &#8220;obsolete&#8221; Windows XP. The emergency patch should offer protection against the WannaCry malware that recently took down a large portion of the NHS.<\/p>\n<p>This is a highly unusually move for Microsoft as they stopped supporting and issuing security patches for Widows XP on April 8, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft took this move to try and prevent the ongoing spread of WannaCry as it was using affected machines as platforms to continue the spread of the infection.<\/p>\n<p>If you have not already done so and you are using Windows XP then you should go straight to <a href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/security\/ms17-010.aspx\">https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/security\/ms17-010.aspx<\/a> and download it ASAP.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to get rid of malware on your machine, talk to us about prevention or if you would like to upgrade your machine <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/html\/contact_us.php\">please Contact Us.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions or you have any tips of your own, Why not drop a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Release an Emergency update for Windows XP to protect against WannaCry Malware MICROSOFT has just released an emergency software patch for the now &#8220;obsolete&#8221; Windows XP. The emergency patch should offer protection against the WannaCry malware that recently took down a large portion of the NHS. This is a highly unusually move for Microsoft&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/26\/microsoft-release-an-emergency-update-for-windows-xp-to-protect-against-wannacry\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Microsoft Release an Emergency update for Windows XP to protect against WannaCry.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,78,57,73,186],"tags":[99,110,305,309,107,329],"class_list":["post-2009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer","category-hints-and-tips","category-internet","category-microsoft","category-windows-microsoft","tag-hints-tips","tag-hints-and-tips-2","tag-internet","tag-microsoft","tag-windows","tag-windows-xp","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2009"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2011,"href":"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009\/revisions\/2011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}