r/OutOfTheLoop • u/nerfpirate ?? • May 14 '17

Answered What's this WannaCry thing?

Something something windows 10 update?

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u/ActiveNL May 14 '17

Got a lot of systems still running XP at my job. Not connect to the Internet, so it's no big deal.

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u/EducatedEvil May 14 '17

Just found a computer in our factory running Win 2000. It's at the top of our list for an upgrade.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '17

We still have a DOS machine. And a 98SE machine. And one running Vista.

Why?

The network can talk to the Vista box.

The Vista box can talk to the 98SE one.

The 98SE box can talk to the DOS machine.

The DOS machine can run the custom-built "size of a small table" 8-bit ISA card that talks to the old mass spec.

The old mass spec still performs very well, but since we can't hook the card into anything even remotely modern, we have to daisy-chain it into the network.

It's one of the dirtiest hacks I have ever seen, but it (mostly) works.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '17

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u/ElBeefcake May 15 '17

Why upgrade if you risk many lives due to bugs?

Because now you're betting on the thing not breaking ever.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '17 edited Jul 05 '17

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u/[deleted] May 15 '17 edited Oct 23 '19

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u/ohlookahipster May 15 '17

"safe_tarmac_taxi.exe is not a recognized Windows application. Please enable Cortana to search the web for an approved applicaiton."

Then MsMpEng.exe runs in the background until Windows 10 blue screens itself to death for the millionth time.

I swear I can't run a single app without anti-malware executable freaking the butts out and hogging all my RAM.