Windows 10: Ransomware attacks reported on Windows machines internationally

Discus and support Ransomware attacks reported on Windows machines internationally in Windows 10 News to solve the problem; There is a lot of good info on it here - 74 countries hit by NSA-powered WannaCrypt ransomware backdoor: Emergency fixes emitted by Microsoft for... Discussion in 'Windows 10 News' started by Brink, May 11, 2017.

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  1. Z3R010
    z3r010 Win User

    Ransomware attacks reported on Windows machines internationally

    z3r010, May 12, 2017
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  2. DAVIDY
    DavidY Win User

    There's a bit more from Microsoft on the patches for XP and Windows 8 (that is, Windows 8.0, which is out of support unlike 8.1) here.
    https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/...crypt-attacks/

    Although Vista is now out of support too, I guess it was still in support when the patches for this bug came out and hence not mentioned because there should be a patch available already.
     
    DavidY, May 12, 2017
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  3. JIMBO45
    jimbo45 Win User
    Hi there

    Interesting stuff --thanks

    Would be interesting since the NSA was messing around with this stuff and let the cat out of the bag -- to get the NSA / US Federal Govt to pay compensation to people effected by this -- after all it was their tinkering that opened this loophole and they were unable to keep a lid on it.

    I hope ms itself submits an invoice too -- it must have had loads of people retro-fitting XP and W2003 server -- surprised anybody knows how those old systems even work from an internals point of view any more.

    Should be an interesting Lawyers fest once this is all over !!!!.

    Cheers
    jimbo
     
    jimbo45, May 12, 2017
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  4. SWARFEGA
    swarfega Win User

    Ransomware attacks reported on Windows machines internationally

    I'm disabling SMB1 on all our Windows computers.
     
    swarfega, May 12, 2017
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  5. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Brink, May 12, 2017
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  6. DAVIDY
    DavidY Win User
    Just been doing the same on this laptop, having read this and also this TechNet article (which was linked from the Register post).
    https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/...op-using-smb1/

    I do wonder how many other bits of Windows are sitting there running and enabled (and possibly giving a risk) which I don't know about and am unlikely to need. I certainly didn't know what SMB1 is before today (and still don't know much now).
     
    DavidY, May 12, 2017
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  7. GORDON7
    Gordon7 Win User
    Gordon7, May 12, 2017
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  8. SWARFEGA
    swarfega Win User

    Ransomware attacks reported on Windows machines internationally

    If you're on a fully patched Windows 10, then you are protected against this attack. Still, it doesn't hurt to have some protection. Confirmed by this article.
     
    swarfega, May 12, 2017
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  9. TAIRIKUOKAMI
    TairikuOkami Win User
    TairikuOkami, May 12, 2017
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  10. SNEEKEZ
    sneekez Win User
    sneekez, May 12, 2017
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  11. DEREK10
    derek10 Win User
    I am Spanish and fortunately neither the company where I work nor my computers are affected *Biggrin
     
    derek10, May 12, 2017
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  12. Brink
    Brink New Member
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    Brink, May 13, 2017
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  13. COUNTMIKE
    CountMike New Member

    Ransomware attacks reported on Windows machines internationally

    So much for those "Annoying" windows updates and security patches. Or insisting on using "beautiful" but obsolete and unsupported OS.
     
    CountMike, May 13, 2017
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  14. DENCAL
    dencal Win User
    Agreed NSA were messing about with computer operating systems, but for reasons such as cyber warfare, and all that it entails regarding National Security......blame WikiLeaks for its release in the wild.
     
    dencal, May 13, 2017
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  15. COUNTMIKE
    CountMike New Member
    Road to ruin is paved with good intentions.
     
    CountMike, May 13, 2017
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