[Swordmaker]

pinging for your list... another ransomware attack spreading due to a false FLASH download that hits only Windows computers. Not good.

[Red Badger]

Ping!....................

[AppyPappy]

You should only browse the web and use email as a normal user, not an administrator. Better yet, create a virtual box to do it.

[butlerweave]

I would just pop a DVD in and reinstall Windows because I have no important info on my computer ,but most important I use Linux

[TBP]

Putin needs money for his rearming and his espionage.

[McGruff]

a section titled “Umbrage” that details the CIA’s ability to impersonate cyber-attack techniques used by Russia and other nation states. In theory, that means the agency could have faked digital forensic fingerprints to make the Russians look guilty of hacking the Democratic National Committee.

https://www.wired.com/2017/03/wikileaks-cia-dump-gives-russian-hacking-deniers-perfect-ammo/

Things that make you hmm...

[bitt]

heads up!

[Bob434]

what is going to end up happening is more and more people are going to run windows in a virtual machine on their linux systems- then these ransomwares can’t infect (I think?) because nothing is saved unless you choose to save your session-

Another viable option is for everyone to install rollbackRX- it is system restore on steroids- and will allow you to roll back you system to a known good virus free time before you got the virus- and it does so on boot- before ransomware can start I believe- as rollbackRX protects the master boot record

Here’s a link discussing the issue for anyone itnerested:

http://community.horizondatasys.com/forum/rollback-rx/3873-will-rollback-rx-protect-against-petya-ransomware