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Any of you guys have heard of the WannaCry worm? I've only discovered it a few hours ago but that thing seems to be proliferating fast and affecting any kind of Windows targets (from home computers to hospitals, to other public services).

@_sharpLimefox Forgot the two important bits x3 It's windows only and it encrypts then deletes your files.
So if you're feeling paranoid, keep a resource monitor open and look out for anything blasting your hard drive. And as always - back up anything irreplaceable.

Lucius Phifollen @_sharpLimefox

@Nafrondel That's standard practices I already do, plus, the only windows PC I have was updated this morning, and usually only serves for me to run Debian from an external hard drive