looks like the world is being attacked by a very serious Ransomware virus.

so far UK, US, China, Russia, Spain and many more data's being hold to Ransom. its called WannaCry. and affects windows computers.

The infections seem to be deployed via a worm - a program that spreads by itself between computers.

Most other malicious programmes rely on humans to spread by tricking them into clicking on an attachment harbouring the attack code.

By contrast, once WannaCry is inside an organisation it will hunt down vulnerable machines and infect them too.

Some experts say the attack may have been built to exploit a weakness in Microsoft systems that had been identified by the NSA and given the name EternalBlue.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39901382

 

[H1B1Esquire]

http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/12/technology/ransomware-attack-nsa-microsoft/

This is real.

"It has a 'hunter' module, which seeks out PCs on internal networks," Beaumont said. "So, for example, if your laptop is infected and you went to a coffee shop, it would spread to PCs at the coffee shop. From there, to other companies."

 

[the_randomizer]

Everyone's wrong. Windows ME is the best Windows OS to use to date.

I don't know what's up with all the hate for Windows ME.

Windows Mistake Edition, you mean?

 

[Deleted-355425]

Everyone's wrong. Windows ME is the best Windows OS to use to date.

I don't know what's up with all the hate for Windows ME.

ME came and went so fast no one noticed it.

 

[the_randomizer]

ME came and went so fast no one noticed it.

Ah yes, nothing says quality like an OS that crashes with a BSOD every ten minutes and corrupts the MBR on an hard drive. Classic Microsoft.

 

[Garblant]

Welp, I haven't updated my laptop in a really long time, and now I can't turn it on until I go back to my parents house...

(College is on break for the Sumer, but I can't leave my dorm for another week. The dorm has free wifi for students that also doubles as a public hotspot.)

Welp

 

[Yepi69]

Portugal was also affected

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[konsolenumbau.expert]

In the U.K. it's because they're still using XP and can't afford that free win10 upgrade

Edit: The hospital my mom works at was affected and she saw it happening.


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In the US that wouldnt happen.. They use reprogrammed xbox 360s for life support... I read this year's ago[emoji23]

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[Pacheko17]

>use Linux

 

[sarkwalvein]

I wouldn't touch Windows if I could avoid it, sadly all computers at work have that pest, I hope they have not been affected, work is annoying enough on its own, to add stupid Windows sponsored data loss will be one headache too much.

 

[grossaffe]

That last one, yeah, not really an option, I can't program worth a damn, or even know CLI so yeah. That, and I lose compatibility with 95% of my programs, so...

Don't need to be a programmer, most everything a typical user needs to do can be done in GUI, and Wine should support a wee bit more than 5% of Windows programs.

 

[sarkwalvein]

Don't need to be a programmer, most everything a typical user needs to do can be done in GUI, and Wine should support a wee bit more than 5% of Windows programs.

I wonder what "incompatible" software people miss from Windows (I really wonder).
I use Linux, Windows and mostly OSX on a daily basis, and I really can do in any of them almost anything I can do in the other two.

 

[hunoi]

Plot twist, Microsoft is behind the Ransomware to force people to upgrade to windows 10

 

[grossaffe]

I wonder what "incompatible" software people miss from Windows (I really wonder).
I use Linux, Windows and mostly OSX on a daily basis, and I really can do in any of them almost anything I can do in the other two.

When it comes to native software, it's more of the specialized programs like photoshop and CAD. And while headway is being made in the following area, the gaming selection isn't on par yet.

 

[Deleted User]

Pffffft who needs Linux when you have the godsent known as FreeBSD?

 

[Kioku]

I wonder what "incompatible" software people miss from Windows (I really wonder).
I use Linux, Windows and mostly OSX on a daily basis, and I really can do in any of them almost anything I can do in the other two.

Games.. Games... Games..

I actually have a few gripes about Linux. Couldn't get my Elgato HD60 to work for jack. Graphics drivers are hit and miss. Nvidia seems to have a love hate relationship with the penguin. The latest drivers aren't always 'official'. I do miss terminal though. Made things a bit easier.

 

[Jacklack3]

Everyone's wrong. Windows ME is the best Windows OS to use to date.

I don't know what's up with all the hate for Windows ME.

Are you dumb!? Windows BOB is obviously the best OS.

 

[the_randomizer]

Don't need to be a programmer, most everything a typical user needs to do can be done in GUI, and Wine should support a wee bit more than 5% of Windows programs.

Yeah, 5%, not a fan of VMs to be honest, most of the Steam games I have wouldn't work, nor would Source Filmmaker, no thanks. Not to mention I use nVidia, Linux drivers for nVidia are absolute shite. CLI is still something I refuse to learn.

 

[gnmmarechal]

Yeah, 5%, not a fan of VMs to be honest, most of the Steam games I have wouldn't work, nor would Source Filmmaker, no thanks. Not to mention I use nVidia, Linux drivers for nVidia are absolute shite. CLI is still something I refuse to learn.

Why do you refuse to learn CLI? Learning is always good, and once you know it, well, it can be quite useful.

 

[chrisrlink]

FreeBSD was a nightmare for me dualbootings hard enough but no GUI out of the box? NTY

 

[the_randomizer]

Why do you refuse to learn CLI? Learning is always good, and once you know it, well, it can be quite useful.

Because I'm intimidated by it, because Linux requires so many commands to get drivers working, because nVidia and Linux don't exactly get along. Most of the games and apps I have wouldn't even work.