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Microsoft patches Windows XP to fight 'WannaCry' attacks


Jody Thornton

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Too bad they didn't offer it to 2000 :)

Well, I'm sure some enterprising person can find a way to backport the patch, since 2000 and XP share a common codebase (NT 5.x), and are relatively compatible with one another (case in point: the latest HFSLIP packages for 2000 incorporate many XP-specific updates which appear to slipstream successfully into 2000's install media, and said media seems to install a properly working 2000).

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p.s. Is 9x, NT 3.xx or 4 affected by this?

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4 minutes ago, JodyT said:

I was just thinking about that.  Perhaps it can be adapted from XP's update.

It may require whole SMB back port from XP. XP uses different version SMB than 2k

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a bank near my home got infected with wanna crypt . they are unable to do any work . Situation is terrible .

One of my neighbor who work their called me . I have tried many thing . any one has any solution ?  Over internet  i tried many help ful content but none is helpful .

They are running windows 10 with latest updates . might not got wannacrypt update

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This is ransomware. So if:

- they don't have backup (Basing on their panic, they don't);

- shadow copy is off or deleted (and WannaCry deletes shadow copy);

- there is no known decrypter (and since it uses RSA 2048, it can't be done easily);

The only thing that could be done is to try to pay ransom. But since it's author is probably chased by major national investigation bureaus, I bet he shut his services down. I didn't find any 'universal' decryption method in the internet, and if any will appear, major IT sites will inform about it within minutes.

We can only hope author will release his key pairs hoping to take down the chase.

http://elkews.com/preview/1390099

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Moi pardon, links :)
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FYI - direct links to XP SP3 for those of us who might somehow need to re-install the service pack:

Source:

https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=KB936929

English
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-enu_c81472f7eeea2eca421e116cd4c03e2300ebfde4.exe

Arabic
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/dflt/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-ara_4e82a87cea3b9643fd57b39393a88061614cdae6.exe

Chinese (Hong Kong)
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-chh_2663fb610f29e65a10be176740ea6757ca1f22d5.exe

Chinese (Simplified)
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-chs_d7067e86abd4257454200d0c398d71c4ce6cd33e.exe

Chinese (Traditional)
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-cht_8a0625e10b8c6cb88d9d1952f1a189fbd761b744.exe

Czech
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-csy_7af606916b887dba9dd38ae282505ce2c2b81b08.exe

Danish
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-dan_37e03a7d43ad65bc4b71f3947c76bd2fc0fe44d6.exe

Dutch
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-nld_b2576b4d1972583a3b776fdf963b914341d34058.exe

Finnish
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-fin_5654c021a03bfb10543a2c673bdfc42a853e347a.exe

French
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-fra_414b61bbc86e09579d8447baa23eb1b867f9ca93.exe

German
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-deu_f2dcd2211384a78df215c696a7fd1a7949dc794b.exe

Greek
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-ell_cec2ed1c3097e44e62dcb1f2a473a64a58e031fe.exe

Hebrew
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-heb_eb8fc9ff0890279346661dde065c14b5c696e423.exe

Hungarian
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-hun_77b70fe421baeebb115c2f378b8a1fc274db9867.exe

Italian
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-ita_2162c1d419d1e462a7dc34294528b2daf593302c.exe

Japanese
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-jpn_e0fc34cfa52d270b3c79a68af8fa358244f7419e.exe

Korean
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-kor_8ca7e862bfc2742ad9c4c58df0b0cd5ad4b700ae.exe

Norwegian (Bokmål)
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-nor_67c9167275a2c3e3884a38c2ad7387556ad4713a.exe

Polish
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-plk_7cbe718131e9c71b322f1149e86bedba351ba11c.exe

Portuguese (Brazil)
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-ptb_02900ef11f5a982a93de5f927997ce92d5a81a86.exe

Portuguese (Portugal)
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-ptg_bc5189c05e93cd0e5742712d84f0b5f5ffcbb7e4.exe

Russian
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-rus_850cda9f57033a17d046a56d422547ea80dcaf61.exe

Spanish
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-esn_e305becfc6fd5a8199368ceffc496397247ac60f.exe

Sweedish
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-sve_13c5ecca22e12224934a1faa1190ee34db3995ae.exe

Turkish
http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-trk_5aaf60501636af08c97ef1c18f1315f4ed6fbcdf.exe

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10 minutes ago, dencorso said:

No. Wouldn't you consider Super-Size French-Fries, instead?

I want that

51 minutes ago, TuMaGoNx said:

Will MS give "special" MSRT too? It's not enough if just prevention patch...

I am working on it . Use any good AV and forget about it or ask MSE heingonda that work with the malware

2 hours ago, TuMaGoNx said:

waaa... XP marketshare will sure to plummet next month, such a hard lesson "learned"

you got infected ? All windows version are infected . are you leaving xp ?

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