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Microsoft’s decision to patch Windows XP is a mistake

[~Time Published May 02, 2014 at 10:02AM]

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Aurich Lawson



Microsoft officially ended support of the twelve-and-a-half-year-old Windows XP operating system a few weeks ago. Except it apparently didn't, because the company has included Windows XP in its off-cycle patch to fix an Internet Explorer zero-day that's receiving some amount of in-the-wild exploitation. The unsupported operating system is, in fact, being supported.


Explaining its actions, Microsoft says that this patch is an "exception" because of the "proximity to the end of support for Windows XP."


The decision to release this patch is a mistake, and the rationale for doing so is inadequate.



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