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Future Meetings holes in older incarnations of Win-
dows, but now appears to have
Below is a list of dates the for thought better of that policy.
2017. The problem is, that these moves

28th June 2017 give users and businesses out there
still running with Windows XP
some measure of confidence that
23rd August 2017
Microsoft is still protecting them,
in an albeit limited manner.
20th September 2017
Microsoft said it took the action
because there is an “elevated risk
18th October 2017 for destructive cyberattacks at this
time”.
15th November 2017 The patched flaws only affect old-
er versions of Windows, inci-
dentally, so there’s no need for
13th December 2017 those running the likes of Win-
dows 7/8/10 to worry.
Microsoft stated: “It is important
Unsupported versions of
to note that if you’re running a
Windows have been supported version of Windows,
patched such as Windows 10 or Windows
8.1, and you have Windows Up-
Microsoft has issued patches for date enabled, you don’t need to
all of its older unsupported ver- take any action.
sions of Windows – including
Windows XP and Vista – to pro- The best protection is to be on a
tect these outdated operating sys- modern, up-to-date system that
tems from the recent malware at- incorporates the latest innovations.
tacks such as WannaCry. If you must say with an older sys-
Microsoft had previously said that tem you should ensure patches are
it wasn’t going to patch these up to date.