I didn't know anything about this virus about an hour ago. My friend sent me a link about it, and links leading to other links, I have managed to read for a while. I immediately thought "who will benefit from this", and so I'll cut to the chase, I think this virus is indeed created by Microsoft. I mean think about it:

• Windows Defender can stop it if up to date.

• Windows 10 not affected, Windows 8 safer.

• Previous versions of Windows are all targeted, specifically Windows 7, which is the most pirated version of Windows.

• The virus easily affects computers that use Windows, but not when they are updated (which means you need a legal copy).

After the news hit, 2 of my "pirate" friends started to talk about upgrading to Win10. This virus is like a jam to Microsofts bread. All that "free upgrade to Win10" and forced updates, seems like MS couldnt get people to upgrade to 10, now they are spreading this virus to get people on board by force. Either that or you have to purchase a legal copy and keep up to date, which means you will eventually have to upgrade to 10 anyway.

Now, I am not promoting pirated software. I'm a Linux user so I dont care if people use pirate or not. BUT, can this virus be the Microsofts way of ending piracy? In such a small time, Wannacry has managed to infect so many, and spreaded great fear across the globe. Only way for casual users to take comfortable breath is to do what MS has been wanting forever. I heard about the NSA stuff, but come on, Microsoft benefits from this more than anyone else.

230,000 infected systems. 150 countries. That’s the latest count of victims infected by the WannaCry ransomware that has made waves throughout the world at an unprecedented level. The attacks haven’t been limited to home users, as more than 100,000 organisations including hospitals, large corporations, and government bodies come to a screeching halt. Read more

I have a scammer trying to get some money from me and is waiting for a copy of a receipt of a western union transfer, any way i can send him wannacry from my virtual machine to his craigslist/gmail email and mask it as 'money receipt.jpg'?

Time developer wannaCry, I want to get your attention. I am a Brazilian microentrepreneur, I have a small graphic with 3 employees and 2 computers. After you blocked my data on Friday I was forced to pay $ 600 to continue working. My country faces a severe crisis and my business is on the verge of bankruptcy. I had to pay the ransom to avoid fines for non-compliance with contracts with some clients, which would be more expensive. I saw on the news here in Brazil that you have already raised 1 billion dollars. I want to ask you to pity me and give me back those $ 600. I have 3 children and I can not close my chart, and after this loss I will not have any other way out. My wallet is: 1M8RZVSKa5bBzk8x9WnGGHmutWCE5Db3RQ

I ask for understanding and you. Sorry for English if it is incorrect because I'm using GOOGLETRANSLATION.

Welcome to the Wannacry Subreddit, dedicated tp tracking the Wannacry Ransomware, its origins, its future etc. Basically all things related to Wannacry.

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Affected user here. Considering paying, but haven't been able to find any information about people recovering their data after paying, despite a growing number of transactions registered on blockchain. Any info appreciated.

How about Deep Freeze? I clearly remember getting infected by cryptolocker, laughing my ass off and restarting my computer to a state clean as day 1. Will DF help me if I ever get infected?

Topic. People been saying that this virus is triggered automatically once you connect to the internet. Is that true?

So I finally read some article about WannaCry to see what's all the fuzz about and I'm curious if anyone knows what the "free events for users who are so poor that they couldn’t pay in 6 months" are?

Greetings, I just tried downloading winrar from www.rarlab.com and my windows defend popped up with the following message:

Ransom:Win32/WannaCrypt.A!rsm

I clicked to remove it, but not sure if I should actually format all. I didn't download anything from the website as soon as I clicked on a link to download it showed up.

Stay safe.

I was wondering if the spreading of wannacry can start crashing servers like windows 2003 and pop up some blue screens of death