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To: mad_as_he$$
So how does one know this is safe?

It's a batch file, which means it is basically a text file. You can view its contents in a text editor such as Windows Notepad, though you may lose paragraph formatting.

I've looked at it. There's nothing fishy in there, at least at the time I posted this.

All this little program does is to create a file, "perfc", in the Windows folder, and make the file read-only.

If you still don't want to run that batch file, you can accomplish the same thing by opening an administrator command prompt and entering the following two command lines:

echo Petya vaccination file - Do not remove. > C:\Windows\perfc
attrib +R C:\Windows\perfc

Just copy and paste one line at a time into the window, then hit Enter. If you don't see an error message, the command probably worked.

If you don't know how to start an administrator command prompt, that information is easy to find in an Internet search.

Use Windows Explorer/File Explorer to verify that the new file "perfc" has been created in the Windows folder. Right click the file to verify that it is read-only.

70 posted on 06/29/2017 5:27:46 PM PDT by TChad
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To: TChad
Right click the file to verify that it is read-only.

Should be: Right click the file and select Properties to verify that it is read-only.

71 posted on 06/29/2017 5:31:58 PM PDT by TChad
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To: TChad

Thank you.


72 posted on 06/30/2017 2:27:52 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Not my circus. Not my monkeys.)
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