This bag of tricks may help stop a ransomware infection


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    This bag of tricks may help stop a ransomware infection


    A malware researcher has found a few tricks to stop one of the latest types of ransomware, called Locky, from infecting a computer without using any security programs.
    This bag of tricks may help stop a ransomware infection | PCWorld
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    This "trick" does not stop just Locky, but most of the malware and common users are not limited by it.

    reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings" /v "Enabled" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
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    TairikuOkami said:
    This "trick" does not stop just Locky, but most of the malware and common users are not limited by it.
    reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings" /v "Enabled" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
    I like this! What do I write into either a REG or BAT file that does this? Thanks!
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    TairikuOkami said:
    This "trick" does not stop just Locky, but most of the malware and common users are not limited by it.

    reg add "HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings" /v "Enabled" /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
    Sorry I don't completely understand what you wrote. I opened the registry, went to

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings

    With Settings highlighted, on the right side, I created a new DWORD 32-bit and named it Enabled, then gave it a value of 0 (zero). Is that right?
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    I think I could re-install Windows faster than deploying this 'bag of tricks' properly.
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    RolandJS said:
    I like this! What do I write into either a REG or BAT file that does this? Thanks!
    Into the BAT exactly that line above, into the REG, see bellow.

    TrustMe said:
    With Settings highlighted, on the right side, I created a new DWORD 32-bit and named it Enabled, then gave it a value of 0 (zero). Is that right?
    Yes, that is it.

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings]
    "Enabled"=dword:00000000
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    The trick is to have all your personal files (the ones you care about) on a second drive so if you are hit, you can just format and clean install.
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    swarfega said:
    The trick is to have all your personal files (the ones you care about) on a second drive so if you are hit, you can just format and clean install.
    Yepperz, that's the real trick, getting people to do that BEFORE they get hit
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