THANK YOU! I’ve been yelling into the wind about this since March. MS17-010 is the main update. Do NOT think you are safe if you have Windows update turned off. Everyone thinks they’re “giving it” to Microsoft by turning off Windows update, when in reality, you’re part of the problem.
For those of us who do not want Windows 10, will an update force it upon us?
I am running GWX Control Panel, fwiw
Running a 10.68 on a MacMini ... sorry for your troubles ...
Anybody behind these type of attacks need to be found, then publicly tortured on pay per view.
“Internet is Down” ping to the list?
I'm praying the journalists' who wrote this did NOT use real names...
People receive an email, open it, and then click on an attachment.
Unless the original email is a brilliantly created fake from FedEx or some other widely used and completely trusted source, why would anyone click on the attachment?
And why would any large and vital institution like the British Health Service not scan attachments before they open?
My home and business computers use Microsoft Outlook and McAfee security, and they automatically scan every attachment the first time they open.
And why the emphasis on this particular ransomware being something developed by the NSA?
There are dozens of ransomware programs.
Bottom Line...
Don't open attachments from strangers or visit websites that fail your security scan.
Why didn’t the NSA stop this? It was their exploit Why did it take a blogger to figure it out.
Is the NSA useless or do they have an agenda?
I think Microsoft did this.
Makes the Vista-XP users upgrade.
Microsoft is the big winner here...
I’m not buying it. Smells like Deep State trying to trick people into accepting surveillance malware delivery.
Those who turn Windows Update on and let Microsoft steer deserve what they get.
They said that the discovery by the man was “accidental,” that he didn’t have “any real qualifications” for his lack of a university degree and publicly noted his residence in his parents’ basement. Many technically capable men are slandered that way now by “professionals” who couldn’t properly build or fix any complicated thing to save their useless lives.
He does continuing study, which makes him a professional. Most degreed individuals do not.
Copy these instructions in Notepad then save as Stop Ransomware.js
Save as: All files
Most people will assume that is safe to open. Microsoft doesn’t help much 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 ransomware in the form of a Windows program (an .EXE file), and launching it to complete the infection.
The way to stop this is to create a text file with notepad and rename it with the .js extension. Then right click on it and click on “Open with” then click on “Choose default program” and open with Notepad. If you do not see Notepad then click on the Browse button and go to C:\Windows and you then click on Notepad and make sure “Always use the selected program to open this kind of file”.
This way if one accidentally downloads one of these and clicks on it, it won’t run
To show the extension you open a folder then go to Tools> Folder Options> View tab then uncheck Hide extensions for known file types. Now you can see the extension. Remember to check the box after you create the file as described above. I placed my file on the Desktop. Anywhere will do.