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sockmonkeydave · ‎05-12-2017

Just a heads up, as we all use the internet to run our business.

News just flashed that there is a global attack going on.

so far it is in asia, most of europe, and it crashed the english medical system.

It seems to be a rolling ransom ware bug.

It is crashing servers, all over there.

And it locks up your computer

These things seem to hit US last,

Make sure your protection is up to date.

and click no links.

Now to the mods, this is not ebay selling related

but when the internet goes down, it is selling related.

relaxintowealth · ‎05-12-2017

Wow, I didn't know it hit the UK system .Thanx for the info.

emerald40 · ‎05-12-2017

Do you mean ransomware where the big red screen comes on saying if you do not pay them in bitcoins in a certain amount of time, you will lose all your information.

I got hit with that one last year. It is almost impossible to get rid of. I had to trash that computer.

thatsallfolks · ‎05-12-2017

@emerald40 wrote:
Do you mean ransomware where the big red screen comes on saying if you do not pay them in bitcoins in a certain amount of time, you will lose all your information.

Yes, that's what hit the UK medical system.

megadestroyers · ‎05-12-2017

Ransomware attack. Story posted on cnn.

Shoot. Does posting this mean I'm a fake news follower. Shoulda checked FOX!!

Attack is real!

tiramisu41 · ‎05-12-2017

@sockmonkeydave wrote:

Now to the mods, this is not ebay selling related
but when the internet goes down, it is selling related.

AND buying related. Shoppers in already affected areas aren't able to either get online or are having trouble connecting to sites. So don't be surprised if you see declines in viewing/watching/buying today especially from international bidders/buyers until this thing gets sorted out.

sockmonkeydave · ‎05-12-2017

@emerald40

@emerald40 wrote:
Do you mean ransomware where the big red screen comes on saying if you do not pay them in bitcoins in a certain amount of time, you will lose all your information.

I got hit with that one last year. It is almost impossible to get rid of. I had to trash that computer.

Yep, I got hit by one last year, "FBI" page, we locked your computer.

You may have been looking at the naughty bits, or down loading music, napster?

Then they just said, we are hackers, go to CVS and send a gift card.

No I go to BB and buy a new computer.

change all passwords.

hioctane62 · ‎05-12-2017

If anyone gets hit with a ransom demand, the FIRST thing to try right away is to do a system restore to at least 24 hours prior. I've been hit 4 times, once on my PC and 3 times on daughter's (try telling a 17 year old not to click any suspicious links, lol). 3 times I was able to get rid of it right away by doing this, and I've never had to trash a PC over it. There's ALWAYS a way.

slati_2013 · ‎05-12-2017

Hackers are the worst people ever. It is no different than going into someones home and rifling through their stuff. Punishment for hacking should be stiff to discourage it. Minimum 10 years for any hacking conviction.

annadryl · ‎05-12-2017

@hioctane62 wrote:
If anyone gets hit with a ransom demand, the FIRST thing to try right away is to do a system restore to at least 24 hours prior. I've been hit 4 times, once on my PC and 3 times on daughter's (try telling a 17 year old not to click any suspicious links, lol). 3 times I was able to get rid of it right away by doing this, and I've never had to trash a PC over it. There's ALWAYS a way.

I got hit with the "FBI" one once and somehow got out of it by going into the boot menu and safe mode and then running a couple of free or trial virus scanners (mine obviously didn't catch it). The first one didn't see it but the second or third did and fixed it.

1. I'll take some time troubleshooting before trashing my great machine.

2. I'm better off now, I'll ALWAYS have recommended and paid versions of good virus and malware protection. It's totally worth it.

sockmonkeydave · ‎05-12-2017

@hioctane62

@hioctane62 wrote:
If anyone gets hit with a ransom demand, the FIRST thing to try right away is to do a system restore to at least 24 hours prior. I've been hit 4 times, once on my PC and 3 times on daughter's (try telling a 17 year old not to click any suspicious links, lol). 3 times I was able to get rid of it right away by doing this, and I've never had to trash a PC over it. There's ALWAYS a way.

My bug was a nasty one, when I hit restore, it deleted the entire hard drive.

a_c_green · ‎05-12-2017

We had to fix an office box that got hit with the FBI ransomware a couple of years back. For that particular flavor of ransomware, a couple of driver DLLs were compromised, and the fix involved downloading replacments from Microsoft to another machine, burning them to CD, then booting the problem PC off the CD. Happily, it worked, though I wouldn't assume that MS is going to be on top of every variant of ransomware out there, or even the majority of them. (I was slightly amazed that they had a fix at all...)

a_c_green · ‎05-12-2017

@sockmonkeydave wrote:

Make sure your protection is up to date.

That's the key, right there. Per the referenced article (http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/12/technology/ransomware-attack-nsa-microsoft/index.html), Microsoft released a patch for this exploit last March, so if you keep your machine up-to-date, this should not be a risk for you.

rainbowcolorz · ‎05-12-2017

@sockmonkeydave wrote:
@hioctane62
@hioctane62 wrote:
If anyone gets hit with a ransom demand, the FIRST thing to try right away is to do a system restore to at least 24 hours prior. I've been hit 4 times, once on my PC and 3 times on daughter's (try telling a 17 year old not to click any suspicious links, lol). 3 times I was able to get rid of it right away by doing this, and I've never had to trash a PC over it. There's ALWAYS a way.
My bug was a nasty one, when I hit restore, it deleted the entire hard drive.

Oh my goodness. Very, very rarely do I click on links and they'd have to be posted or sent by someone I know. And if someone I know emails me with an attachment to download with something strange in the Subject, I email them back to ask what exactly it is they sent me.

I've clicked on links here occasionally when you've posted something on youtube .... a song, but that's about it.

I understand people can get a virus if they click on a link that contains a virus but how do people who don't click on links or download something get hacked?

readabouthorses · ‎05-12-2017

@a_c_green wrote:
@sockmonkeydave wrote:

Make sure your protection is up to date.
That's the key, right there. Per the referenced article (http://money.cnn.com/2017/05/12/technology/ransomware-attack-nsa-microsoft/index.html), Microsoft released a patch for this exploit last March, so if you keep your machine up-to-date, this should not be a risk for you.

And the article I just read on my local TV station website said a lot of the hospitals that were hit were still using machines that were running Windows XP.