Cyber Attack 'To Hit In Next Two Weeks'
 

Now these threads about mac v PC , where did we get to ? :D

:lol::lol:

I was thinking exactly the same. :D


What the article says is>

Say if I have Windows, and if my anti-virus updates itself, do I need not worry?

What other precaution do I need to take? Not click on the dodgy looking links, and even emails? You see, if it is using our friends' emails to send out their dodgy email, how do we know not to open it? Shall we not read any email for next two weeks, and just bin them? :confused:
That's going to be a disaster, if that.

So does it affect Macs?

nope

If you look at the article there is a link to Trend Micro. This you can use to double check your PC is unaffected but overall your AV , as long as it is up to date, should be fine. Oh and yes dont click on the links from HMRC :thumb:

Ok, Chris. Thank you. :)

<smug smile>Ha ha ha ha ha</smug smile>

Happy Days, bring it on :lol1:

Windows phones...??

I'm not sure the Mac brigade should be so content.

This isn't something that exploits a hole in the Windows OS and as such it's not an OS dependent exploit. It could appear on Mac. The fact they haven't yet (as far as I know) targeted any other OS, is simply because they haven't bothered, not because it's technical impossible.

This is more a lesson in keeping the OS up to date, anti virus up to date and not opening any dodgy attachments. Which I'd recommend for any OS.

Yes it does

(If they are running a windows OS)

Cryptolocker was quite a nasty piece of malware if you haven't backed up.

Had a PC brought to me with it. Easy to fix; that just did a system restore :lol1:

EFA :thumb:

is that the one you can bypass in safemode and remove the file?

It will only affect the windows install so technically it does not affect the mac per se

No, even safe mode does not work

We have been havin trouble for the last month,its easy to land on a free program to clean up virus's and malware that is fake.
what can you trust?????
we paid for Malware bytes , didnt solve it , had spybot search and destroy for over a year now , thats not sorting it either. God help us if there is gonna be another round of even 'smarter' bugs. Think i will need to go offline , off BT Broadband atleast.its the worst ever.

Nasty bast then ;-)

Perhaps not...

I've seen multiple PCs infected by CryptoLocker (which this botnet may "deliver" to your PC). The first time users knew they had a problem was once all their files had been encrypted and were asked for the ransom. Pretty much every PC infected had AV from a well known vendor and not one stopped it in time.

• If you have Java on your home PC, you quite probably don't need it, so un-install it - it's a security nightmare
• Make sure Adobe Flash & Adobe Acrobat are upto date (these are two major attack methods along with Java)
• Backup. When was the last time you copied your photos, work (etc) to a portable USB HD (which is not kept attached to your PC)? Or, if you have good broadband or a small amount of data, spend ~£4 a month on an online backup service like Mozy or Crashplan.

CryptoPrevent is a handy tool to provide an extra layer of protection but the security it adds can cause problems for some apps like Spotify which fling .exe files around your PC.

+1, although the CryptoPrevent link is a bit broken!

I'd also lose Skype, DropBox, WebEx and other such "apps" if yu want to be snoop free, but that is a different kind of "hacker" ;)

mb

That Mac users believe that their computers are the most secure in the world and immune to malware and viruses. :thumb:

Only affects Macs if running virtual Windows...
I only run Apple OS and safe as can be...
You should be using a VPN like Private Internet Access, will help stop this on your PC

Lovely, just checking :D:thumb:

So :D another windows virus, surprise, surprise. :Suspiciou

Good to know that (at present) I have nothing to worry about as I have a mac. Thanks to those who have explained that.

Could my android phone be prone in any way?

Thanks

This doesn't affect Android devices, although there is a new vulnerability found in 4.1 and 4.1.1 similar to the Heartbleed issue called Cupid. It allows attackers to intercept data between Android devices and WiFi routers.

As mentioned earlier, this particular issue for Windows occurs not because of the OS's themselves, but of the people using them and the lack of knowledge of how these malware propergate, don't click on links or open attatchments unless you are absolutely sure you know the sender intentionally sent something to you, and if they didn't, let them know as their PC might be compromised.

I guess this is the price of using the most popular OS's and is good that people are immediately made aware when these issues are discovered, which is more than can be said of other platforms!

Nobody ever bothers with blackberry :(

The link is for Foolish IT, so gets blocked when when sh and it go together...

The more nastier ones are hidden within the system restore as well so you can't go back, not saying this one aint nasty, it will be if you get hit with it.

You have to wonder why there is huge publicity surrounding this issue and whether this driven by the powers that be with a hidden agenda. For example, with the recent Heartbleed issue, everyone globally was encouraged to change their passwords for various internet sites they're registered to. Who's to say that PRISM/GCHQ were not behind this; that they now secretly have a new/updated system to harvest more information effectively than before. The publisised Heartbleed vulnerability was a great opportunity to get everyones' information and have everyone enmass to change their full passwords for it to be captured in one fell swoop where it wasn't possible before.

With this new issue, we're now encouraged to go to a site to check if out PCs are safe......:Suspiciou

Stipete75 will be able to back me up! :lol1: