Quiver he/him Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 So... a friend of mine was just mentioning that there is some security issue with the current version of Windows, and that there was an update available for it? I admit, I know absolutely nothing about computers, so I hadn't heard anything, but... yeah. Was wondering if anyone could confirm that? (And also, how does one update an OS? I always just wait until I get a text box saying that the computer needs to restart and let it handle that stuff on it's own...) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modal Seoul he/him Posted May 13, 2017 Report Share Posted May 13, 2017 That issue happened to my entire neighborhood. And yes, I believe there is an update that fixes it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos he/him Posted May 15, 2017 Report Share Posted May 15, 2017 The particular "ransomware" has already been disabled--there was apparently a kill switch in the software--and in any case the update has already rolled out to everyone. No need to worry. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oversleep Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 17 hours ago, Chaos said: The particular "ransomware" has already been disabled--there was apparently a kill switch in the software I've heard the virus mutated to not contain killswitches. Now, when did I last updated my OS... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos he/him Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 Yeah, I heard, but it still doesn't matter because Windows auto-updates to annoying degrees. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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