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    Stay Out Of Dangerous Ransomware Virus !

    Stay Out Of Dangerous Ransomware Virus !

    Till now, millions of Windows computers worldwide have been infected in the last 48 hours by the biggest ransom virus virus in history. The digital network of England's entire medical system has been infected and has stopped till the operation of the hospital. The telecom company also has its victims. This malware has spread in at least 99 or more countries. The attack was originally targeted by the older version of Windows PC. Microsoft has already opened an emergency patched security patch.

    The English word 'rhinos' means ransom. Ransomware is a harmful program or virus / malware that locks the file on the infected device and demands money to open that lock. WannaCrypt, also known as WannaCry, has encrypted or blocked millions of infected PC files and asked to ransom $ 300 through secure payment online to open each PC's files. It is not possible to identify who or who is receiving this money sent by Bitcoin.


    If you do not give money, the virus is threatening to delete all files within the maximum of 3 days, the virus or ransomware.


    Microsoft provided security updates in March to resolve the one-off securityfile that Windows is using. The PC users who have been attacked by PC attacks have not installed MS17-010 Security Patch updates for any reason, or are using all Windows versions of Microsoft Windows which are no longer supported. But now for Microsoft unsupported Windows (XP, Visa) this patch is open.


    If you are using Windows 10 PC, you are free from the possibility of this virus being infected by the virus, because Windows 10 OS has to provide protection against this malware.

    The way the Wanacrai Ransomware has been spread


    Onekraft is spread through the common methods used to spread ransomware or any other type of virus. One of the spam emails, torrents. Cyber ​​attackers have downloaded the virus instead of downloading any useful files in email or online for the user's download. After installing those files the virus has been activated.


    You can follow the steps to protect yourself

    There is currently no decryption tool (unlocking method) or any other solution available for Wanakra, so users can follow the following protection measures for their own protection.


    Keep updating all the software on your computer. If you are supported but have used older versions of Windows, then update the system faster or upgrade to Windows 10. If you are using unsupported Windows OS (XP, Vista) and Windows Server 2008 or any other older version of Windows, then download and install Microsoft's urgent patch.


    Activate the firewall or if you are already active, then change the configuration of your firewall to block network or Internet SMB ports. TCP 137, 139 and 445 ports, and RandomWare works on UDP 137 and 138 ports.


    Turn off SMB. Follow Microsoft's steps to shut down SMB.


    • Keep your antivirus up to date. To protect against these latest threats, almost all security providers have updated their virus definitions so you can update them.
    • Keep regular backups. Always give firm protection to all your important files Create a good backup routine and you can save files in any portable storage that is not always connected to your PC.
    • Beware of phishing. Do not click without checking the sources of emails that you think will be suspicious.
     

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