ransom ware worm

And that's why no one should click on your link!

Bill.Satellite wrote:
And that's why no one should click on your link!

. Exactly

Do continue to place your collective heads in the sand.

I certainly didn't!

All modern Windows OS's where patched ahead of this problem
AND
they are targeting big business not the average Joe.

Our heads are not in the sand we are taking precautions to not get infected.
That includes NOT clicking on links you do not trust and keeping our patches up to date.

darsben1 wrote:
All modern Windows OS's where patched ahead of this problem
AND
they are targeting big business not the average Joe.

All modern Windows OS's had a patch made available in March. Whether or not it was applied is another matter.

There is a lot of talk on this forum about delaying/deferring/turning off Windows updates and this current worm is a good example why you should patch as soon as possible. Not doing so may leave you vulnerable and you may not know it until it's too late.

But Microsoft's heavy-handed attitude towrard forced updates in Win10 is turning a lot of people off which is unfortunate.

Does anyone have the WIN10 PATCH ID number - I'd like to check my setup to see if i have this patch. Last week I got a bunch of WINDOW 10 updates...

Roy Ken

Here is the Microsoft page on the MS17-010 vulnerability.

Here is a page with information on all the out of support affected OS's, including Windows 8, Windows XP & Windows Server 2003.

For those that don't trust links:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms17-010.aspx
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msrc/2017/05/12/customer-guidance-for-wannacrypt-attacks/

Microsoft distributed the patch two months ago, which could have forestalled much of the attack. The security bulletin MS17-010 covers all of the patches for the various OS versions. If you have allowed critical updates since March you should be okay. Check your update history to confirm successful critical updates since then.
Quote from Microsoft:
"So all the computers running supported versions of Windows and kept up-to-date by Windows Update were safe even before the ransomware was released into the wild. The problem is those consumers and companies that are still running old versions of Windows, especially Windows XP as well as companies and users that stop Windows Update from keeping the systems secure."
Microsoft has also released a patch for XP; even though it is outside the support structure.
This is another reason not to continue to operate outdated software. I have a few of my old customers who chose not to upgrade that called me to start the upgrade NOW.

This is also why you should always have backups of the items which are important to you.