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MEXICOWANDERER
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May 15, 2017

Computer Virus Scare? Some Kwnowledeable Answers Out There?

I understand it's affected only XP systems. But I do not know how large institutional XP got infected. The virus is supposed to only load if a link is clicked. How did so many systems get fooled...
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pconroy328
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May 16, 2017
Before you cast aspersions on those CIOs, it's not uncommon for those institutions to be saddled with applications that are dying, dead and unsupported. If you think they don't get budget for networking, they sure as heck don't get budget to migrate off legacy applications.

I'm told that you can still find MUMPS based systems in hospitals.
IIRC MUMPS is about 50 years old...

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