WCry is so mean Microsoft issues patch for 3 unsupported Windows versions

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Decommissioned for years, Windows XP, 8, and Server 2003 get emergency update.

A day after a ransomware worm infected 75,000 machines in 100 countries, Microsoft is taking the highly unusual step of issuing patches that immunize Windows XP, 8, and Server 2003, operating systems the company stopped supporting as many as three years ago.