[PPRAANet] Protect yourself, Windows etal, from WannaCry ransomware

[Phillip H. Blanton]

Don't make yourself a target for viruses in the first place, Use Linux 
or a Mac. For flexibility and value, it's Linux hands down.

I upped my security with Linux, so UP YOURS!

I know some of us (me included) love old computers because they're cheap 
and fun to play with. When you need something to run your software 
controlled radio, you don't want to use your everyday laptop, so you 
build a pc out of used parts. This is where Linux really shines. It's 
secure, runs great on old hardware and it's free. FREE!

For those of us in the Amateur Radio hobby, Linux is perfect. From a 
security perspective it is not generally a target for viruses and worms, 
because it is such a small slice of the market that it doesn't pay to 
write custom viruses for it.

Why did Jesse James (my wife's great uncle) rob banks? Because that's 
where the money is. Why do bad guys target Windows, because that's where 
the unsophisticated rube users (prey) are.

Be sophisticated, Be cool, Be virus free (mostly), Use Linux. The 
hackers do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LsxmQV8AXk

-- 
Phillip H. Blanton (NØTAN)
phillip at n0tan.com


On 5/17/2017 2:27 PM, Glenn wrote:
>     To all:
>
>   I subscribe to several computer newsletter sites of which ZDNet is 
> one! Please read the article
>
> and take whatever actions you please! I turned it, SMBv1, off!!!! 
> Article says you don't need it as
>
> it has been replaced by SMBv3!! SMBv1
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-tip-stop-using-the-horribly-insecure-smbv1-protocol/?loc=newsletter_large_thumb_featured&ftag=TRE-03-10aaa6b&bhid=21671653935073560973174236205908 
>
>
>         Glenn  n3ulw
>
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