Timeline for How is the "WannaCry" Malware spreading and how should users defend themselves from it?
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| May 20, 2017 at 17:28 | comment | added | Michael | “Who is at risk? Anyone running operating systems that are listed in the patch announcement here” what if you are the only one in your local network? The worm has to come from somewhere. | |
| May 16, 2017 at 19:59 | history | edited | Ed Daniel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 14, 2017 at 8:13 | comment | added | schroeder♦ | @tbodt that is not always possible (especially in corporate environments) | |
| May 14, 2017 at 2:29 | comment | added | tbodt | in that case, get a modern version of windows and then run windows update. | |
| May 13, 2017 at 18:03 | review | Low quality posts | |||
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| May 13, 2017 at 18:03 | comment | added | user | I believe that this is a non-answer as per Your answer is in another castle: when is an answer not an answer? Basically, try reading this but ignore the links; how much do you learn from it? (Very little, IMO.) Do consider incorporating the important details from the linked pages into the answer itself, so that this answer remains valid even if those pages are changed or become unavailable in the future. | |
| May 13, 2017 at 9:56 | comment | added | Rory McCune | @tbodt unfortunately that won't work for people running things like Windows XP. In the usual case they would get no patch but MS have released one for this blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msrc/2017/05/12/… however it's a specific update that needs downloaded. | |
| May 12, 2017 at 20:08 | comment | added | tbodt | Just run windows update. | |
| May 12, 2017 at 19:38 | comment | added | Rory McCune | Good answer, anything you could add for ordinary users reading this who might be wondering what they should do to protect themselves? | |
| May 12, 2017 at 19:25 | history | answered | Ed Daniel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |