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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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To: arl295

Windows Script Host is enabled by default in Windows.

Shut it down. If you do mistakenly open a .js attachment it can’t execute.

Few people need to run javascript outside a browser and there is no real reason to send someone a legitimate .js attachment.

Ransomware authors are looking for new vulnerabilities to take a computer and its data hostage.

.js execution is ideal because an infected file doesn’t need user permission to run and antivirus or antimalware software usually doesn’t detect it.

Make it a habit not to allow unknown file extensions to execute in the first place.


19 posted on 06/20/2016 10:17:42 PM PDT by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: arl295

Does that fix work for all users out do you have to do that for every user?


25 posted on 06/21/2016 1:19:18 AM PDT by raybbr (That progressive bumpers sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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To: arl295

bttt


27 posted on 06/21/2016 4:24:17 AM PDT by A Cyrenian (Don't worry about stuffing the bus or filling the fridge. Try filling the Church.)
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