How to Protect Yourself from Ransomware and WannaCry - Advice and Fixes Welcomed

Exactly how does one Turn them off and how does one know the ones to leave open ?

Built-in firewall on PC can block them. Also unneeded services can be turned off. I had XP on my gaming rig only running 12 services back in the day. Be careful!. Turning off the wrong services can leave your PC useless and not bootable.

LOL. Please explain how keeping an OS like windows 10 up to date would help?

I don't know. I just use Debian. I have no idea what is in leaked proprietary NSA malware.

It could hit me next. Have no clue.

How to protect against Wannacrypt

1.) Microsoft recommends upgrading to Windows 10 as it equipped with latest features and proactive mitigations.
2.)Install the security update MS17-010 released by Microsoft. The company has also released security patches for unsupported Windows versions like Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, etc.
3.)Windows users are recommended to be extremely careful about clicking the web-links or opening the email attachments.
4.)Windows Defender Antivirus detects this threat as Ransom:Win32/WannaCrypt so enable and update and run Windows Defender Antivirus to detect this ransomware.
5.)Disable SMBv1 with the steps documented at KB2696547.
6.)Consider adding a rule on your router or firewall to block incoming SMB traffic on port 445
7.) Enterprise users may use Device Guard to lock down devices and provide kernel-level virtualization-based security, allowing only trusted applications to run.

[link to www.thewindowsclub.com]

Very important..Keep javascript DISabled. With javascript enabled, all you have to do is visit an infected site to get infected.

This is just more of the same misinformation that has been rampant on this site from the beginning.


Whoever developed this isn't out there trying to get $300 from YOU.



The worm is designed to inviltrated SYSTEMS....computer SYSTEMS.



That is why only 200,000+ SYSTEMS have been infiltrated but that translates into 10 MILLION individual computers.


It has affected the BANKING SYSTEM... We're talking 10s of thousands of individual computers ALL requiring $300 to not implode. In other words millions of dollars....



They are not after Joe Blow's family pics in Peoria.



So don't bother trying to save your data. You are a pissant.


I don't think the people that did this are even interested in money in the slightest.

This is being done by the controllers to bring down the world.

Would I be able to pick up ransomware with wireshark??

If you are using a router, any incoming internet packets are already discarded by default.

You are safe if your computer is not connected directly to the internet, as long as no other computers on your network get infected by other means. If it gets behind your router's firewall it will spread like wildfire, but only if you haven't run windows update since march, or if you are running windows XP.

Windows computers running vista or above are safe if they have updated in the past couple of months.

Malwarebytes also has anti-ransomware protection but I think you need to get the premium subscription [link to www.malwarebytes.com (secure)]

Customer Guidance for WannaCrypt attacks
[link to blogs.technet.microsoft.com (secure)]

And yet people STILL USE MICROSOFT as an operating system!!

Dumb masses will never learn. Enjoy your worry-filled computing days!!

THANK YOU for posting this!....

Has anyone else tried this?

Is this virus is being initiated to stimulate the use of any particular solution?

HOW is this piece of shit ransomware / wannacry SPREAD?

Email?
Just clicking on a web page?

I'm using VPCs more and more now. Its much easier to take snap shots of an OS and restore it.

I'm on a VPC with Ubuntu Mate 16.04 LTS as I type. I'm getting used to Linux distributions the VPC way.

There are many programs I use that require windows, so I put those on a Windows 7 pro 64 bit VPC. I also still use an XP VPC as to run certain software, that's locked down like nun wearing a Chastity belt.

Virtual guest OSs are the future of computing IMO.

Windows 10 is the host running VMware workstation pro. Not much is installed on the Host system.

You might need a lot of RAM however. I have 32 GB of memory on a nice small form factor mini-ITX.

Get a Mac.

I tend to think these mal-ware events will increase in frequency and severity so it gives a reason to centralize almost all computing into the cloud.

The Internet today is in a similar place before there was centralized banking.

In 20 years, the Internet will be totally locked down and centralized.

That's my prediction coming out of all this BS>.

Had any GLPers been hit with it?

Or just be a real geek and get a mac or linux.

Isn't the cloud a oceanic floating storage devise that can easily be targeted by NK?

Nice

When it comes to NK. We know only what we are fed from a few "news" distributors, namely Reuters and the AP that is dispensed throughout the world's media outlets. So if the news says it's NK, then it must be NK right?

I agree with others on this forum, the global fear mongering and spread of mal-ware comes from the top. Think about it for a min. Trillions of $$ just from the U.S. alone go unaccounted for each year. where does it go? Who and what does it feed? A breakaway shadow civilization? I don't know, but that's a lot of resources siphoned out of the world that seemingly vanishes.

Merely by having a computer connected to the internet. Nothing to do with email or webpages.

most effective way would be to read your email and do most internet surfing in a virtual machine

very rarely if ever can a virus escape a virtual machine to attack the host system

its a bit of a pain because virtual machines are resource hogs and will slow down your real desktop/laptop and its a little inconvenient having to switch to the VM every time you check email or surf

coudl a virus ever escape the virtual machine? that would be wild

If you want to contribute to this thread please submit your fixes and advice


Disable the SMBv1 protocol on Windows by following these instructions:
[link to support.microsoft.com (secure)]

This will prevent the worm from automatically infecting your computer from other infected computers on your network.

You still have to be cautious about opening attachments in email.