https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/s ... -outbreak/A security researcher has found a fix for the latest Petya Ransomware attack. For now, you can vaccinate your system in seconds by creating a particular file. If Petya finds that file on the disk, it stops the encryption business. Please note that users need to create this file independently on each computer and it doesn’t fix things globally like WannaCry killswitch.
Petya Ransomware Vaccine: This Single File Will Protect You From Latest Attack
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Petya Ransomware Vaccine: This Single File Will Protect You From Latest Attack
"Turns out I’m 'woke.' All along, I thought I was just compassionate, kind, and good at history. "
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I pushed out the three files via GPO for all the workstations at my wife's office. I'm about to (finally) set up centralized patching for them as well. This stuff is getting out of hand.
Re: Petya Ransomware Vaccine: This Single File Will Protect You From Latest Attack
Yup, did the same thing. Sadly, it only takes care of this variant.