I have seen many unfamiliar and weird things in my life, especially with the UFOs wandering the Earth - with the increasingly conspiracy theory. Still, it keeps the world, in one way, unique than the others, especially when I started to read the facts about Bermuda Triangle and tricks on calling the Japanese ghost that even a mistake can haunt your ass or even KILL you (glad I never test it, neither do it because I don't have a bathtub at home).
Still, with the continued North Korean nuclear program, and "unaware" earthquake in Banten yesterday noon, it doesn't stop me from being happy with the life I'm moving on, as long as I have the important files that keep my ass alive; at least until a deadly virus came - in what unforeseeable reason, either from the torrents I get or going into the Deep Web "naked" (no security that protects me, no VPN, and not using suggested OS by JalanTikus).
So, once in a while I take a long video watch on YouTube from my smartphone, learning about "technological wonders" the world has to offer, especially watching GTA V "personal sneak peeks". I'm in to see how the malwares react to the OS when it's accidentally "placed" on your PC and runs on the background. I'm talking about Windows OS here. 95, 98, XP, or even Windows 10, it doesn't matter.
WannaCry had made me paranoid of security ever since the warning message was out. Kemkominfo (long term: Kementerian Komunikasi dan Informatika Republik Indonesia, English:
Ministry of Communication and Information of the Republic of Indonesia) issued a message to people that "when" online, an SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing service must be stopped, block certain ports that might consider a WannaCry threat, and download the latest update from Microsoft website.
It is, however, one of the most feared incidents of the technology in 2017, but the good news was that the already updated Windows 10 does not affected by WannaCry, unless...
You see, I was watching this one video when a user installed and "pranked" the Bonzi Buddy application, which was, fortunately, running on a virtual machine; one example is VirtualBox, once I mentioned it for use with customized Red Hat OS designed to create a local network for the Computer Network lesson. The user made pranks on it and accidentally running the WannaCry that was already prepared at start.
I saw how it works. It extracted files, made internal encryption on system and data files, changes the wallpaper to like the incident I saw on the news (text writing and all of that), and then BOOM, the message that you should pay $300 worth of Bitcoin to the specified ID address. It popped up about nearly one minute if you close it. There's already a trick on JalanTikus (and many suggestive sites) on how to remove it without the help of the antivirus, but that does not guarantee that your files get decrypted because no decryption tool was made for it.
Also broke out after WannaCry incident in 2017, Petya ransomware is yet another malware with advanced encryption system that, instead of repairing the disk failure (of which it uses CHKDSK - the CheckDisk feature in Windows for checking disk drive errors), it encrypts the disk. I've seen the news in CNN Indonesia, it affected nearly whole Russian continent as Petya itself was from Russia. It also known to be encrypting the ATM machines.
I've seen the video before I closed the watch time. Petya injects the system directly and in an instant runs the CHKDSK, which has been injected with it. CHKDSK runs for a disk repair, however it was about to encrypt the whole drive with the malware, thus removing the ability to boot the system as it was. While you boot up at the next start, it instead entered the flashing red and white screen with a "Danger" skull on it that makes people sick for those who have an epilepsy. When you press any key, you'll be prompted to enter a code that isn't gonna be acquired normally, which is, you'll have to go inside the Deep Web to do it. It'll repeat itself (no matter you started up fresh or restarted) until you have the code to open it.
Anyway, just watched how MEMZ and Petya infecting the PC and Petya wins. The video text in the end said that Petya encrypts everything in its path, including the MEMZ. It's like you mow down anything you see ahead with your tank.
Well, except for Petya, though, this one's a badass ransomware that there's no way to remove it (though I saw one video clip on how to remove Petya, but I didn't have time to watch it) unless you reinstall the OS. If it's affecting the low level of the hard disk (the whole disk is encrypted abnormally), reinstall won't work until you have a new HDD or SSD.
The next stop is about going to the 90s. I've seen the video about Windows XP on 64 MB RAM and it was somehow glitchy, like, you can't go back to the 90s in a newer OS. It is usual to see Windows 95 or 98 running in a smaller RAM size, but Windows XP running in 64 MB of RAM? Sounds unusual.
You can, however, run Windows XP on 64 MB of RAM, but there's not enough resources available to run applications that takes hundreds of megabytes of RAM like lighter games and browser. Opening a single app like Windows Explorer can take a really long time - it is, however, suits you for 90s nostalgic, but for you fast workers in this time, it can piss you off.
Well, it's at least I can tell for the current days in my life, for 3 weeks holiday, and this is day 11. I'm finishing the German campaign in Atlantic Fleet, messing around with mods in GTA San Andreas, finding out what went wrong in NooseMod for LCPDFR, and modding the GTA Underground, DCS: A-10C Warthog, and GTA IV. So far I have no news for NooseMod, but I was hoping it was good news before I started to stop developing and making another plugin instead; want to make the LCPDFR live again.
Still, with the continued North Korean nuclear program, and "unaware" earthquake in Banten yesterday noon, it doesn't stop me from being happy with the life I'm moving on, as long as I have the important files that keep my ass alive; at least until a deadly virus came - in what unforeseeable reason, either from the torrents I get or going into the Deep Web "naked" (no security that protects me, no VPN, and not using suggested OS by JalanTikus).
So, once in a while I take a long video watch on YouTube from my smartphone, learning about "technological wonders" the world has to offer, especially watching GTA V "personal sneak peeks". I'm in to see how the malwares react to the OS when it's accidentally "placed" on your PC and runs on the background. I'm talking about Windows OS here. 95, 98, XP, or even Windows 10, it doesn't matter.
WannaCry
Let's see... if you think back about the last year's paranoia in April/May, you might remember it as the global computer attack: WannaCry, a.k.a. WannaCrypt. In Indonesia, WannaCry assaulted Dharmais Hospital at West Jakarta, rendering medical equipments unused. The reason it was targeted was that the computers at Dharmais use the obsolete OS, the Windows XP.WannaCry had made me paranoid of security ever since the warning message was out. Kemkominfo (long term: Kementerian Komunikasi dan Informatika Republik Indonesia, English:
Ministry of Communication and Information of the Republic of Indonesia) issued a message to people that "when" online, an SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing service must be stopped, block certain ports that might consider a WannaCry threat, and download the latest update from Microsoft website.
It is, however, one of the most feared incidents of the technology in 2017, but the good news was that the already updated Windows 10 does not affected by WannaCry, unless...
You see, I was watching this one video when a user installed and "pranked" the Bonzi Buddy application, which was, fortunately, running on a virtual machine; one example is VirtualBox, once I mentioned it for use with customized Red Hat OS designed to create a local network for the Computer Network lesson. The user made pranks on it and accidentally running the WannaCry that was already prepared at start.
I saw how it works. It extracted files, made internal encryption on system and data files, changes the wallpaper to like the incident I saw on the news (text writing and all of that), and then BOOM, the message that you should pay $300 worth of Bitcoin to the specified ID address. It popped up about nearly one minute if you close it. There's already a trick on JalanTikus (and many suggestive sites) on how to remove it without the help of the antivirus, but that does not guarantee that your files get decrypted because no decryption tool was made for it.
Scorpion
No, not a weapon you use in Resident Evil 5. I'm talking about the virus (well, much more like a malware to me). It used the same system as in WannaCry, but it infects the whole system that changes the user control in the process. System restarts while doing changes to computer once you run it. Once in after the restart, front message displayed as "infected". And the worst, you can't run the Task Manager. It'll show you the big red skull that reminds you of horror movies when you tried to open it.MEMZ
Kinda curious about this kind of "malware" anyway. Actually, come to think of it, it's gonna ruin your day if it's running on your PC. You see, MEMZ breaks into the system, overriding CPU and GPU controls to continuously sending loop commands that's gonna break the display like blinking and zooming (people who's having epilepsy didn't like this). Then there's also random commands that inputs search query into something irrelevant (of which it opens Google website) or opening one of the YT videos. If your browser was logged in to Google, your Activity might get affected and displayed "crazy" ads sometimes when browsing in the future.Petya
Ah, the Country of the Bear. JalanTikus once shown an article about Russian weapon technologies, and some of them are alien-tech-alike. Conspiracy?Also broke out after WannaCry incident in 2017, Petya ransomware is yet another malware with advanced encryption system that, instead of repairing the disk failure (of which it uses CHKDSK - the CheckDisk feature in Windows for checking disk drive errors), it encrypts the disk. I've seen the news in CNN Indonesia, it affected nearly whole Russian continent as Petya itself was from Russia. It also known to be encrypting the ATM machines.
I've seen the video before I closed the watch time. Petya injects the system directly and in an instant runs the CHKDSK, which has been injected with it. CHKDSK runs for a disk repair, however it was about to encrypt the whole drive with the malware, thus removing the ability to boot the system as it was. While you boot up at the next start, it instead entered the flashing red and white screen with a "Danger" skull on it that makes people sick for those who have an epilepsy. When you press any key, you'll be prompted to enter a code that isn't gonna be acquired normally, which is, you'll have to go inside the Deep Web to do it. It'll repeat itself (no matter you started up fresh or restarted) until you have the code to open it.
Anyway, just watched how MEMZ and Petya infecting the PC and Petya wins. The video text in the end said that Petya encrypts everything in its path, including the MEMZ. It's like you mow down anything you see ahead with your tank.
Removing
Most of these malwares can be removed via "Safe Mode" that can be entered by repeatedly pressing F8 key during BIOS boot, or automatically shown if you are running Windows 7. If the malware can break the Safe Mode limitations there's nothing you can do unless you reinstall Windows.Well, except for Petya, though, this one's a badass ransomware that there's no way to remove it (though I saw one video clip on how to remove Petya, but I didn't have time to watch it) unless you reinstall the OS. If it's affecting the low level of the hard disk (the whole disk is encrypted abnormally), reinstall won't work until you have a new HDD or SSD.
The next stop is about going to the 90s. I've seen the video about Windows XP on 64 MB RAM and it was somehow glitchy, like, you can't go back to the 90s in a newer OS. It is usual to see Windows 95 or 98 running in a smaller RAM size, but Windows XP running in 64 MB of RAM? Sounds unusual.
You can, however, run Windows XP on 64 MB of RAM, but there's not enough resources available to run applications that takes hundreds of megabytes of RAM like lighter games and browser. Opening a single app like Windows Explorer can take a really long time - it is, however, suits you for 90s nostalgic, but for you fast workers in this time, it can piss you off.
Well, it's at least I can tell for the current days in my life, for 3 weeks holiday, and this is day 11. I'm finishing the German campaign in Atlantic Fleet, messing around with mods in GTA San Andreas, finding out what went wrong in NooseMod for LCPDFR, and modding the GTA Underground, DCS: A-10C Warthog, and GTA IV. So far I have no news for NooseMod, but I was hoping it was good news before I started to stop developing and making another plugin instead; want to make the LCPDFR live again.
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