thanks comey! fbi

oh wait....

stupid to fire comey imo

most everyone is safe now as the kill switch was a domain that an antimalware company registered, basically wcry tried to reach said domain and if it couldn't connect it would keep spreading, but now that all the clients can connect to the domain it's dormant

those already infected are screwed tho. y'all should still be updating your computers.

True, but the malware author could change/remove the domain URL from the code and re-release it. Definitely want to make sure your systems are patched.

hence why you should always update your os!

i even disabled my telemetry disabling software (spybot and oosu10) for the time being, malwarebytes is on early startup and everything, should be good to go.

even if i lose my data nbd, i reformat frequently. just an inconvenience.

Anti-virus software is helping the spread of this worm.

Anti-virus softwares are blocking the contact to the domain flagging it as a malware website. Since the worm can't contact it, it continues to spread.

Didn't I say Anti-virus and Anti-Malware tools are malware themselves :>

This post was edited by AbDuCt on May 13 2017 03:37pm

if you are infected it doesn't matter to begin with -- the fact it connects to the domain does not decrypt your files, just stops the spread.

so, update your os, and always run your antivirus/antimalware.

This post was edited by Sayaka on May 13 2017 03:38pm

Or just don't expose SMB like a retard.

most people using windows computers don't have the slightest idea what they're doing

This, I mean its not fucking difficult.
It's like igits that join public wifi at airports, what the fuck do you think would happen.

public wifi not that risky if you aren't unknowingly connecting to someone's broadcasted wifi

This post was edited by Sayaka on May 13 2017 04:28pm