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If they were doing their it on something like chrome OS with all systems web based it couldn't happen.
I had an admin day today so was busy doing off duty rosters and appraisal documentation so didn't get a thing done, ALL computers had to be shut down.
It's the patients that it hits the hardest, bastards !!
If this global hack is the work of a few botnets and a criminal gang they got very lucky indeed.
I smell a huge rat here, I really do. Screams a state testing their cyber military to me.
The other problem here though is IT departments throwing too much resource into (badly) attempting to mitigate this kind of risk, while having no proper plans in place to deal with it when it happens. You can never mitigate all risk, so you must be clued up on how to deal with this kind of thing fast. Despite the lip-service paid to DR, a lot of IT departments are not.
Running something like the NHS on Mac's would be a total disaster. They don't work well in large enterprises.
I say this in a company that predominantly uses Mac's and I am head of IT.
They aren't the only media company that has happened to
Without sounding like a twat, is my home computer safe?
Updated it today, windows 10, and I don't open attachments on emails unless it's something I'm expecting.
Do you really believe this?
Was that a Tory proposition at the time? Vote for us and we'll bring macs to the NHS?
You should be fine, if you haven't got an AntiVirus, download the free version of Avast. Make sure that you don't let it install all the junk you don't need though. There are options while installing.
Windows now has a built in anti virus, but it's not great.
Viruses are very advanced now, and you can't guarantee protection, but most of the risk is mitigated by not clicking on strange links and email attachments.
Okay.
I currently use Windows defender, scans regularly and works... I don't really want a shitty antivirus slowing everything down
'spose I've got to though...
Every antivirus seems to come with a bunch of shit though, like browser add ons. Who the fuck wants that?