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To: InterceptPoint

You can disable Windows Script Host or modify the registry to require a .js attachment be double clicked before it can run.

That should prevent malware from being silently installed without user permission.


10 posted on 06/20/2016 8:39:07 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: goldstategop

Article here on bleeping computer

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/the-new-raa-ransomware-is-created-entirely-using-javascript/

easy to do

I created a “test.js” in a text editor to verify the fix worked and windows said it blocked it from running


13 posted on 06/20/2016 9:11:24 PM PDT by arl295
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bkmk


33 posted on 06/21/2016 6:39:36 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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