Windows Ransomeware: Update Your Computer Now

[Kyle.Sanders]

ANYONE WITH A COMPUTER (Windows operating system) needs to go RIGHT NOW and run Updates on it! If you can't run Updates right now, figure out a way to disconnect it from your wifi or ethernet cable until you can.

I know this isn't directly related to avaition, but most simulator hobbyists use Windows as their OS and I kinda like you guys... so ya...

https://youtu.be/ibLaCEL8E4E

[kullery]

Updated news on this topic: https://usat.ly/2rcRSOP


But still a good idea to keep Windows updated

[Kyle.Sanders]

Agreed. But also:

While this particular variant of the malware has been stopped, security experts are quick to point out that all that the criminals behind it would need to do is rewrite the code to either ping a different domain or remove that domain check and send it out.

This makes it all the more important that computers and networks quickly install the Windows patches that fix the problem that allowed the code to so easily spread in the first place. Microsoft issued that patch on March 14 but clearly many systems had not installed the crucial new software.