I wanna cry!!!! That may be what you say if your device is affected by the WannaCry ransomeware virus. A nasty virus that attacks outdated Windows Devices. What does it do? Well its another form of the crypto virus; it will encrypt (basically change your data into unreadable files) and then charge you like 300 - 600 dollars to get them decrypted.
I'm a little late to the party as this all started back in May 2017; that is why in last week tip I talked about keeping your devices updated.
Especially in this case, you need to make sure your Windows device is updated. Make sure Automatic updates are on.
- For Windows 10. Go to Settings > Update & Security. You will See your status there.
- For Windows 8.1 go to Settings > Change PC Settings > Update and Recovery
- For Windows 7 go to Control Panel > Windows Update
Windows XP? You still on that? Why? If you are, Microsoft went ahead and released a patch for it for the Wannacry, but keep in mind XP is no longer in service and does not receive updates regularly. I highly recommend you update or get a new device.
I really hate ransomeware; they basically hold your data hostage. Another thing to do is keep regular backups of your data. Weather it be an external hard drive or using the cloud always have more than one copy of your data in a secure place.
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