Windows 10: Is it safe to run viruses such as WannaCry and Memz within Windows Sandbox?

Would there be any damage to my host PC?

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MEMZ-Destructive and MEMZ-Clean

I know MEMZ is a virus, especially MEMZ-Destructive. But for MEMZ-Clean, if we don't run the semi-harmful payloads, is it safe?

I don't have Virtual Box or VMWare Workstation or QEMU, so I want to test on my real computer. Do I need to use VM to do that?

Or is it safe?

 

Windows 10 Safe Against Wannacry?

Im running a Windows 10 based machine.

But im still afraid of turning it on because im not very sure if its safe from WannaCry.

Is windows 10 really safe from wannacry?

*Sorry for any grammar mistakes

 

Windows 10 versions not affected by wannacry

Thanks for the reply and I take security seriously and thankfully am not a click happy user as you mention. Though, with something like WannaCry, I'm at the mercy of ANY click happy user who is on the same network as I am.

After looking in to this more, I believe my personal machine running windows 10, even though they are not updated to the latest version of windows, are patched and safe from WannaCry.

For anyone else trying to figure this out on windows 10:

• Click on start icon
• Type "winver" and hit enter, this opens the windows version dialog box.
• Take note of your windows version AND OS build number.
• If your Windows Version # is 1703
  • You are protected against this current exploit.
• If your Windows Version # is 1607:
  • Check if your OS build number is equal or greater than 14393.953
  • If greater, you should be protected from the current WannaCry exploit.
  • If it's not, you should upgrade
• If your windows version # is less than 1607, upgrade immediately.

More information about the KB fix for WannaCry exploit on Windows 10: https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/help/4013429/windows-10-update-kb4013429