Here is a batch file for anyone who wants to do this "lazily"
@echo off
REM Vaccince for NotPetya/Petya/Petna/SortaPetya.
echo Administrative permissions required. Detecting permissions...
echo.
net session >nul 2>&1
if %errorLevel% == 0 (
if exist C:\Windows\perfc (
echo Computer already vaccinated for NotPetya/Petya/Petna/SortaPetya.
echo.
) else (
echo This is a NotPetya/Petya/Petna/SortaPetya Vaccination file. Do not remove as it protects you from being encrypted by Petya. > C:\Windows\perfc
echo This is a NotPetya/Petya/Petna/SortaPetya Vaccination file. Do not remove as it protects you from being encrypted by Petya. > C:\Windows\perfc.dll
echo This is a NotPetya/Petya/Petna/SortaPetya Vaccination file. Do not remove as it protects you from being encrypted by Petya. > C:\Windows\perfc.dat
attrib +R C:\Windows\perfc
attrib +R C:\Windows\perfc.dll
attrib +R C:\Windows\perfc.dat
echo Computer vaccinated for current version of NotPetya/Petya/Petna/SortaPetya.
echo.
)
) else (
echo Failure: You must run this batch file as Administrator.
)
pause
I mean I know it all sucks and it would be awesome if all the right people got all the right info and took all the right actions. but they don't and won't. So we need to push everyone that we can to do what they can. It's just what we have to work with.
I guess the reason the government cares about this is all FUD then?
Why else did you think that HIPAA has no real value. It doesn't require that things be even remotely secure and doesn't create any security practices that good IT and management would have been worlds beyond already. So given that its purpose clearly wasn't to secure data but to pretend to secure data, what else could it be for?
I mean, glad I know about it now, but honestly, the only comment on the article is correct.
That's like saying,
Oh watch out the forest fire is coming this way, when its already past, but avoided your house by only a few feet. And was already contained in a tiny area*.
