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This is awesome; funny that having Windows XP actually protects you from ransomeware in this case.

• ams6110 10y ago
  So does not having Windows at all (at least for this ransomware).
  • ZoF 10y ago
    Yes, but that's not explicitly mentioned in the article and is expected given that it's targeting a specific platform. You could say the same of OSX. fwiw I've been using various flavors of linux for years(CentOS/Arch/FreeBSD lately) for everything but a single dev laptop I keep Windows for testing/native apps. My comment wasn't meant to be advocating Windows, let alone XP, I just thought it was funny.
  • MonadQueen 10y ago
    I know you're probably a paid Apple astroturfer. Mac OS has a ransom ware problem, too.