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		DanBC on May 13, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cisco's Talos team analysis of WannaCry worm Windows has had exploits where preview features (eg Explorer thumbnails) were running malicious code.

averagewall on May 14, 2017 [–]

Of course. Windows has also had RCE vulnerabilities just by being connected to the internet. Hence the need to keep it updated.

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