[Utilizer]

Another headache to consider...

[DesertRhino]

Its time to execute people who launch these viruses. Literally.

[Jack Hammer]

Malwarebytes.

A shame it’s necessary, but it seems to work.

[TheCipher]

These newer ones have a new delivery method now - Javascript attachments. Since most people have the default turned on in Explorer - not to show file extensions - they will name a file something like Invoice.txt.js. Since the .js extension doesn't show up, the file looks like Invoice.txt. Most people will assume that is safe to open ( Microsoft doesn't help matters, because the default icon for a javascript extension resembles a document icon ). People will click on this and it will execute the script, connecting to a download server, fetching the actual ransomware in the form of a Windows program (an .EXE file), and launching it to complete the infection.

The way to counter this is to create a text file with notepad and rename it with the js extension. Then right click on it and tell it to open this with Notepad from then on.This way if one accidentally downloads one of these and clicks on it, it won't execute.

Link to article about this :

Sophos Labs -Ransomware that’s 100% pure JavaScript, no download required

[sauropod]

bkmk

[usconservative]

All my web browsing activities are now done via my iPad, or a Pine64 running Linux. I no longer use my Windows based machines for web browsing activities. Streaming audio via Spotify or video via Netflix or Amazon Prime is ok via Windows.