Another ransomware variant found.

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Another ransomware variant found.

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Hi y'awll,
The following is from the "AskWoody dot com" site.
Apparently Russia & The Ukraine are seeing the new variant.
New ransomware BadRabbit moving quickly through Russia, Ukraine.
Looks like the initial infection vector is a fake Flash update.
So, be careful if you get a message to update your Flash.
We've had recent reports from a few users here about updating Flash when visiting "sites", so be careful.

&....There has been reports of it hitting the US.
Windows Defender apparently can take care of it.
AVAST also has a blog post on it.
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Go to the Adobe site & do what I & a few others do & do manual checks every 2 weeks or so.

> https://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb ... ndows.html
Check the Section > "Still having problems?"
D/L the required versions.
[Ancient Amateur Astronomer.]
Win-10-H/64 bit/500G SSD/16 Gig Ram/450Watt PSU/350WattUPS/Firefox-115.0.2/T-bird-115.3.2./SnagIt-v10.0.1/MWP-7.12.125.

(Always choose the "Custom" Install.)
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