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Re: Anyone falls victim to WannaCry ransomware?

Posted on 2017-05-18, 17:40

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Well I have installed CryptoPrevent on my PC's --all of them. That should make them immune to infection, no? You can never say you are immune to infection. But you are well-protected. CryptoPrevent does periodically update their rules, so you will want to keep it updated (or pay for it and have it …

Re: Anyone falls victim to WannaCry ransomware?

Posted on 2017-05-18, 17:38

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Well I have installed CryptoPrevent on my PC's --all of them. That should make them immune to infection, no? Never trust a 3'rd party security tool you haven't proven to work as intended. Not saying it doesn't help. But I have a hard time putting blind trust into anything AV or anti malware. …

Re: Fvaorite older freeware games?

Posted on 2017-05-17, 17:27

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I didn't play it back in the day, but it's been around since 2003: The Battle for Wesnoth A couple of years ago I played this game like crazy, getting through the first few campaigns. Extremely addicting turn-based strategy in a High Fantasy setting.

Re: 7-Zip Benchmark, DOS Edition

Posted on 2017-05-17, 14:32

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The database is a bit sparce with slower systems. If anyone has 286-class, 386-class, 486-class or Pentium-class systems set up, would you mind benchmarking and adding your results to the Google spreadsheet in the first post? Instructions are in that first post, it only takes a few minutes. Well, it …

Re: Anyone falls victim to WannaCry ransomware?

Posted on 2017-05-17, 13:20

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I had a xp VM I was able to infect. Maybe there is more then one stran of the malware? I can also confirm that the patch only prevents it from spreading. this is my experience with the 2.0 version As I thought. There seems to be a lot of mis-reporting on this in the tech world. They are reporting …

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2017-05-17, 13:18

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I remember playing EOB on Amiga with grid paper and having fits of kidnerdrage when I realized teleporter traps had absolutely fucked my maps on one of the levels. LOL. Oh, that must've sucked terribly. I've already accounted a few teleporters! My earliest memories of using graph paper to map out …

Re: Anyone falls victim to WannaCry ransomware?

Posted on 2017-05-17, 00:53

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Thunderbird can also import compacted .PST databases, but the client itself is probably as heavy on resources as any modern operating system. I've had it using 1GB of RAM simply idling and watching for new mail, but I also have over 100,000 messages in my IMAP storage and mirrored locally. …

Re: Anyone falls victim to WannaCry ransomware?

Posted on 2017-05-16, 23:58

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It's not me it's my parents. My dad is paranoid about XP and wants to install Windows 7/8/10 on their computer. I've warned him it will become too slow to use if he does that. So he just doesn't use it any more. Problem is, all of his emails are on there going back years. Can Linux email clients …

Re: Anyone falls victim to WannaCry ransomware?

Posted on 2017-05-16, 21:51

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What can be done with old XP computers that haven't the horsepower to run newer Windows? First, install the microsoft patch. Then install CryptoPrevent. The patch will keep an infection from spreading to other devices on the network, CryptoPrevent will hopefully keep an infection from occurring in …

Re: Anyone falls victim to WannaCry ransomware?

Posted on 2017-05-16, 20:44

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I run XP on the system I use for online gaming at the moment. It still gets updates and I'm not the least worried about it's security. The system is not behind a router as I want low latency and I do not run any kind of anti virus software either. I dont visit shady sites, don't open shady …

Re: Anyone falls victim to WannaCry ransomware?

Posted on 2017-05-15, 21:53

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I'm still not clear on how this is worse than any other crypto malware. If the SMB flaw is patched, aren't you still susceptible to infection if you fall for the phishing attack? I thought SMB was the method of infecting other systems in a network once one user falls for the phishing attack. Is the …

Re: Anyone falls victim to WannaCry ransomware?

Posted on 2017-05-15, 15:54

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Some cheap or free mitigations: 1) hosted anti-spam service 2) CryptoPrevent software restriction policies 3) filtering DNS servers (for if you do click that link) edit: the Wikipedia entry seems to indicate the XP is vulnerable, as MS apparently released the SMB patch for it: The Windows …

Re: Anyone game for Sports

Posted on 2017-05-14, 19:17

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I'm closer to 50 than 40 and have changed my diet and been working out for a few years now. Cut out all soda, 80% sugar and gluten, and regularly take some pretty amazing health supplements. Because of this I was able to eliminate blood pressure medication. My weight is the same as it was in high …

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2017-05-14, 13:32

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Nice! Good to see that some of us actually play games :) I keep getting pulled into new hardware projects. I just enjoy that a lot more. I found a good Let's Play Drakan, and that gave me some tips for another go at it. That's what's so great about this hobby. There are so many ways one can enjoy …

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