Post by Admin_Vistamike on May 14, 2017 11:13:17 GMT
Friday's cyber-attack has affected more than 200,000 victims in 150 countries, Europol chief Rob Wainwright says. Breaking news, BBC>>>>>
Also there are reports that another attack is imminent.
In the main the attacks appear to Organisations and Business but that does not preclude that further attacks might hit the home user.
Prevention is better than cure so carry out the following immediately:
CHECK AND UPDATE YOUR ANTVIRUS SOFTWARE. Many will have ensured that a patch for this ransomware has been updated.
CHECK WINDOWS UPDATES IF YOU ARE RUNNING WIN 7, 8 AND 8.1. Microsoft have update includes a patch to prevent getting hit.
WINDOWS 10 USERS WILL HAVE ALREADY BEEN PATCHED, BUT CHECK ANYWAY.
As per usual, don't open ANY unknown emails especially if there appears to be an attachment. Just delete any suspected or unexpected emails. Check the sender address!
Get ransomware protection (including WannaCry) for your PC with RansomFree:
Ensure you have backed up your C: drive, if you have not, do it now.
Here are 2 free, easy to use programs: ransomfree.cybereason.com/
Tested and checked.
www.macrium.com/reflectfree select home use
filehippo.com/download_aomei_backupper/
Have a ransomware free day!
EDIT 15/05/2017.
UPDATE from Microsoft, an unusual offering a patch has been issued if you are running XP SP3: HERE>>>>>
Also there are reports that another attack is imminent.
In the main the attacks appear to Organisations and Business but that does not preclude that further attacks might hit the home user.
Prevention is better than cure so carry out the following immediately:
CHECK AND UPDATE YOUR ANTVIRUS SOFTWARE. Many will have ensured that a patch for this ransomware has been updated.
CHECK WINDOWS UPDATES IF YOU ARE RUNNING WIN 7, 8 AND 8.1. Microsoft have update includes a patch to prevent getting hit.
WINDOWS 10 USERS WILL HAVE ALREADY BEEN PATCHED, BUT CHECK ANYWAY.
As per usual, don't open ANY unknown emails especially if there appears to be an attachment. Just delete any suspected or unexpected emails. Check the sender address!
Get ransomware protection (including WannaCry) for your PC with RansomFree:
Ensure you have backed up your C: drive, if you have not, do it now.
Here are 2 free, easy to use programs: ransomfree.cybereason.com/
Tested and checked.
www.macrium.com/reflectfree select home use
filehippo.com/download_aomei_backupper/
Have a ransomware free day!
EDIT 15/05/2017.
UPDATE from Microsoft, an unusual offering a patch has been issued if you are running XP SP3: HERE>>>>>
