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WannaCry in an Updated Win7 system
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<blockquote data-quote="cruelsister" data-source="post: 629115" data-attributes="member: 7463"><p>Umbra- I'm glad that you chimed in on this one (you know I love and respect you). The issue here is that the noobs are getting faulty information. to wit:</p><p></p><p>1). If you've ever wasted your time viewing the SEP Boards at Symantec you will see over and over that someone will post that they got infected by whatever, then Symantec will post the next day that they have a definition for it now and the user should update their product. Are they kidding us?????? The poor bastard is already infected! What use is protection after the fact?</p><p></p><p>2). Look at the BitDefender post here: <a href="https://malwaretips.com/threads/bitdefender-blocks-wannacry.71459/#post-628967" target="_blank">Bitdefender blocks WannaCry</a></p><p></p><p>"Bitdefender has developed strong anti-ransomware capabilities to help users stay safe from such sophisticated attacks, which have been on the increase in recent years."</p><p></p><p>A total lie.</p><p></p><p>"As this ongoing outbreak is affecting countless computer users around the world, Bitdefender is actively working on a free decryption tool to help victims recover their information without paying the ransom. Make sure to follow Bitdefender on Twitter and Facebook to be notified when it becomes available"</p><p></p><p>Perhaps when Hell freezes over as that is how long it will take- and, like, we need our data tomorrow...</p><p></p><p>"<strong>Find out if you are vulnerable</strong>. The CVE07-010 vulnerability affects almost all versions of the Windows operating system, including those who are not actively supported anymore, such as Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003. Because of the extremely high impact, Microsoft has decided to issue patches for ALL operating system, including the unsupported ones. If your operating system <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4013389/title" target="_blank"><u>does not have the specific hotfix installed</u></a>, then you are vulnerable and need to update immediately."</p><p></p><p>Does that not imply that is you have the Microsoft patch you will be protected <strong>LOCALLY</strong>? This is truly disgusting as it leads the reader (and BD user) into thinking that with the patch and BD installed they will be protected from new variants. BD does not evern stop months old RAA's, yet they want us to believe this horse(curse word here).</p><p></p><p>So the News Media, being more ignorant than most, will believe the crap they are being fed and distribute it to those that know even less (it's amazing to me also). Stuff like this is why there is an increased value by Investment banks to hire those that have actually been arrested for computer "crimes" to evaluate things. Regular folk are just babes in the woods and will be deceived all too easily.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cruelsister, post: 629115, member: 7463"] Umbra- I'm glad that you chimed in on this one (you know I love and respect you). The issue here is that the noobs are getting faulty information. to wit: 1). If you've ever wasted your time viewing the SEP Boards at Symantec you will see over and over that someone will post that they got infected by whatever, then Symantec will post the next day that they have a definition for it now and the user should update their product. Are they kidding us?????? The poor bastard is already infected! What use is protection after the fact? 2). Look at the BitDefender post here: [URL="https://malwaretips.com/threads/bitdefender-blocks-wannacry.71459/#post-628967"]Bitdefender blocks WannaCry[/URL] "Bitdefender has developed strong anti-ransomware capabilities to help users stay safe from such sophisticated attacks, which have been on the increase in recent years." A total lie. "As this ongoing outbreak is affecting countless computer users around the world, Bitdefender is actively working on a free decryption tool to help victims recover their information without paying the ransom. Make sure to follow Bitdefender on Twitter and Facebook to be notified when it becomes available" Perhaps when Hell freezes over as that is how long it will take- and, like, we need our data tomorrow... "[B]Find out if you are vulnerable[/B]. The CVE07-010 vulnerability affects almost all versions of the Windows operating system, including those who are not actively supported anymore, such as Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows Server 2003. Because of the extremely high impact, Microsoft has decided to issue patches for ALL operating system, including the unsupported ones. If your operating system [URL='https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4013389/title'][U]does not have the specific hotfix installed[/U][/URL], then you are vulnerable and need to update immediately." Does that not imply that is you have the Microsoft patch you will be protected [B]LOCALLY[/B]? This is truly disgusting as it leads the reader (and BD user) into thinking that with the patch and BD installed they will be protected from new variants. BD does not evern stop months old RAA's, yet they want us to believe this horse(curse word here). So the News Media, being more ignorant than most, will believe the crap they are being fed and distribute it to those that know even less (it's amazing to me also). Stuff like this is why there is an increased value by Investment banks to hire those that have actually been arrested for computer "crimes" to evaluate things. Regular folk are just babes in the woods and will be deceived all too easily. [/QUOTE]
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