Major Ransomware attack worldwide at the moment.

Joom · May 13, 2017

GerbilSoft said:
Doesn't matter, they should provide a way to totally opt-out of it. Researchers have been able to de-anonymize supposedly anonymous data before (example with credit card transactions), so what's to say they can't do that here?

Apparently social media was a major culprit in what really gave away information according to that article.

VinsCool · May 13, 2017

Joom said:
You're fine. The patch for this was actually released back in March. The reason why this has affected so many, though, is because people never update older versions of Windows, and others even outright disable them for whatever reason. This is why I like the fact that 10 forces updates.

Ah good to know then, I and my GF always install updates when they're available.

GerbilSoft · May 13, 2017

Felek666 said:
Sure thing Mr.Linux boy.
Still nothing will change that Linux wasn't created for gaming :^)

And Windows was? That's interesting, since I seem to remember that in the early 90s, everyone went back to DOS to play games because Windows got in the way.

Once again, a Windows fanboy proves that he knows absolutely nothing about the history of his own system.

Incidentally, I'm currently working on the Windows UI for my ROM Properties Page shell extension. Written using the Win32 API directly.

Joom · May 13, 2017

Felek666 said:
Still nothing will change that Linux wasn't created for gaming :^)

Funnily enough games benchmark better on Linux and OS X than on Windows. Gotta love irony.

Ikki Barri · May 13, 2017

mech said:
I'm currently using Malwarebytes with Norton internet security coupled with a VPN and good browser security/protection plugins plus a password manager secured with a yubikey and i've never had any issues.

I've tried a VPN, but get disconnected from the Net by the PC because the Windows account appears to be being accessed from an unusual place. How do you get round that?

Joom · May 13, 2017

Ikki Barri said:
I've tried a VPN, but get disconnected from the Net by the PC because the Windows account appears to be being accessed from an unusual place. How do you get round that?

Get a better VPN. The best kind is one you run yourself. You can rent an incredibly cheap VPS and setup OpenVPN Access in a matter of minutes. It comes with an installer you can download from the web panel that sets everything up for you locally.

Ikki Barri · May 13, 2017

Joom said:
Get a better VPN. The best kind is one you run yourself. You can rent an incredibly cheap VPS and setup OpenVPN in a matter of minutes.

Thanks, I'll look into that. I was using CyberGhost, but it was PITA.

StarTrekVoyager · May 13, 2017

Actually @hobbledehoy899 , I think that the NHS may have had enough money to buy some crappy Windows licenses. You know, just once in 16 years...

Deleted User · May 13, 2017

GerbilSoft said:
And Windows was? That's interesting, since I seem to remember that in the early 90s, everyone went back to DOS to play games because Windows got in the way.

Once again, a Windows fanboy proves that he knows absolutely nothing about the history of his own system.

Incidentally, I'm currently working on the Windows UI for my ROM Properties Page shell extension. Written using the Win32 API directly.

Now i'm a windows fanboy.
Define fanboy, please.

Windows xx era was mostly used to write documents and work when DOS was for games. Games also were developed for DOS that time so? They went back to DOS because Windows NT blocked DOS, later they just went back because they had to work on something.
And once again, Linux user "proven" "wrong".

Deleted-355425 · May 13, 2017

Ikki Barri said:
I've tried a VPN, but get disconnected from the Net by the PC because the Windows account appears to be being accessed from an unusual place. How do you get round that?

You can log into your hotmail/outlook account and verify your IP in the list, should fix the issue or you can switch off logging into windows with your microsoft account and use a local login only which will also fix the issue ( i think this is in account settings in control panel in windows).

GerbilSoft · May 13, 2017

Felek666 said:
Windows xx era was mostly used to write documents and work when DOS was for games. Games also were developed for DOS that time so? They went back to DOS because Windows NT blocked DOS, later they just went back because they had to work on something.
And once again, Linux user "proven" "wrong".

Who said anything about Windows NT?

Windows 3.1 was around in 1992. It could run DOS programs in a window, but it didn't work too well for DOS games because of overhead and resource access. Hence, exiting Windows and running the game directly in DOS.

Most games were written for DOS at the time because they couldn't access the VGA hardware directly. GDI was much slower.

Never mind that the IBM PC in general wasn't exactly a great hardware platform for games. Competing systems had hardware sprites and much better sound.

Do you have any better argument other than whining about me using Linux? Because I'm also quite well versed in IBM PC architecture, DOS, 16-bit Windows, Windows NT, and other related systems. It just so happens that I use Linux as my primary OS and have Windows VMs.

StarTrekVoyager · May 13, 2017

Felek666 said:
Sure thing Mr.Linux boy.
Still nothing will change that Linux wasn't created for gaming :^)

Meh. Windows it the biggest and shittiest code mess in the history of code messes. MS devs miss one word in their vocabulary, it's the word 'optimization'. Windblows (which I use) is certainly the less optimized OS in the world. Compared to Windows, even Android looks like an-ultra-assembly-optimized console OS. While my 2009 MBP runs macOS Sierra with no lag and only 3 GB of RAM, my father's 2016 TouchBar MBP with an i7 and 8 GB of RAM lags on Windows 10 Creators Update. Actually, even Kubuntu with all the most useless graphical effects enabled ran better on my Acer laptop than the stock Windows 10.

Ikki Barri · May 13, 2017

mech said:
You can log into your hotmail/outlook account and verify your IP in the list, should fix the issue or you can switch off logging into windows with your microsoft account and use a local login only which will also fix the issue ( i think this is in account settings in control panel in windows).

Ooo, I'll definitely look at changing logging on, didn't know that was possible.

Deleted User · May 13, 2017

GerbilSoft said:
Who said anything about Windows NT?

Windows 3.1 was around in 1992. It could run DOS programs in a window, but it didn't work too well for DOS games because of overhead and resource access. Hence, exiting Windows and running the game directly in DOS.

Most games were written for DOS at the time because they couldn't access the VGA hardware directly. GDI was much slower.

Never mind that the IBM PC in general wasn't exactly a great hardware platform for games. Competing systems had hardware sprites and much better sound.

Do you have any better argument other than whining about me using Linux? Because I'm also quite well versed in IBM PC architecture, DOS, 16-bit Windows, Windows NT, and other related systems. It just so happens that I use Linux as my primary OS and have Windows VMs.

Windows 3.1 was a UI for DOS, not property system.
Oh so do i care that you use Windows VMs and you're a Linux user? Man, really i respect you /s
Linux isn't superior and it also has flaws, nobody wants to develop malware for it because there's many revisions of this shit so stop being proud of it. If it was heavily used, then you would even have viruses for it.

So, use your Linux. I never said it was shit or anything. And oh boy, "I know alt about IBM blahblah" good for you, i guess.

Joom · May 13, 2017

StarTrekVoyager said:
my father's 2016 TouchBar MBP with an i7 and 8 GB of RAM lags on Windows 10 Creators Update.

Really? I have a mid-2015 MBP with an i7 and 16 GB of RAM and have absolutely no problems with my Bootcamp install. Though I've heard that there's been a lot of disappointment from the new MBPs, so I'm rather glad I got mine when I did.

Deleted User · May 13, 2017

Also nice thread derailing.
We were talking about ransomware, not about "SUPERIRO SYSTEM" masterrace.

GerbilSoft · May 13, 2017

Felek666 said:
Windows 3.1 was a UI for DOS, not property system.

What is a property system?

Felek666 said:
Linux isn't superior and it also has flaws, nobody wants to develop malware for it because there's many revisions of this shit so stop being proud of it. If it was heavily used, then you would even have viruses for it.

This argument again. I already linked Shellshock and Heartbleed as two vulnerabilities that affected hundreds of thousands of Linux and Unix systems.

Which means we could have either:

No one uses Linux so there's no malware for it (which means Shellshock and Heartbleed don't exist)
Lots of people use Linux so there's malware for it (disproving the "No one uses Linux" comment)

Deleted-355425 · May 13, 2017

GerbilSoft said:
What is a property system?

This argument again. I already linked Shellshock and Heartbleed as two vulnerabilities that affected hundreds of thousands of Linux and Unix systems.

Which means we could have either:

No one uses Linux so there's no malware for it (which means Shellshock and Heartbleed don't exist)

Lots of people use Linux so there's malware for it (disproving the "No one uses Linux" comment)

You missed off

No one gives a shit about linux.

StarTrekVoyager · May 13, 2017

Joom said:
Really? I have a mid-2015 MBP with an i7 and 16 GB of RAM and have absolutely no problems with my Bootcamp install. Though I've heard that there's been a lot of disappointment from the new MBPs, so I'm rather glad I got mine when I did.

Actually, that pretty much random. Touch Bar MBPs have issues because of drivers. Acually, that's all about drivers.

Felek666 said:
Linux isn't superior and it also has flaws, nobody wants to develop malware for it because there's many revisions of this shit so stop being proud of it. If it was heavily used, then you would even have viruses for it.

Sorry, but Debian and its derivatives, as well as Fedora, Arch, etc., and even macOS which is Darwin-based, are all superior to Win from a technical standpoint. They are Unix-based. Developping on a Unix-based system is a piece of kek (Falcon kek), and there is the almighty Python. Windows has as its major pro that it is widespread, so mainstream devs, companies&co are implicitly forced to dev for Windows. But 90% of servers in the world actually run on Linux.

GerbilSoft · May 13, 2017

mech said:
No one gives a shit about linux.

You're posting on a site that runs on Linux.

Would you like to donate $600 to GBAtemp to buy them a Windows Server license?

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