What Is WannaCry Virus and How to Remove It?

WannaCry: What It Is and How to Remove It?

In this article, I will explain what WannaCry malware is (in Spanish "I want to cry"), why it is dangerous, how to protect yourself and how to fix it if we get infected.

What Is the WannaCry Virus?

WannaCry is a massive computer virus type 'ransomware' (which encrypts computers) that is infecting computers and internal networks of large companies in the world. The virus affects Microsoft's Windows system and has infected computers in more than 150 countries that did not have the latest updates installed.

The Wanna Cry virus restricts access to your system and demands a ransom of $ 300 in bitcoins be paid to its owners to remove the restriction. The computer attack has already gone down in history as one of the most aggressive and, at this point, affected computers have been reported in more than 100 countries. The electronic means of payment (bitcoin) has been selected as the means of payment since it allows the anonymity of the person receiving the money to be maintained.

How to Protect Yourself from The WannaCry Virus?

To prevent Wanna cry it is recommended:

• Have the original Windows license and update it.
• In addition, you must ensure that all the software on your computer is up to date, including your browser and the toolbar add-ons you use.
• Use antivirus software with firewall protection enabled and up-to-date.
• Make a backup (backup) of your information to avoid losing your data.

§  Other recommendations made by Microsoft on its website are:

• Please do not click on any suspicious links in your emails
• Avoid visiting unsafe or unreliable sites.
• Do not click a suspicious link on a website, Facebook page, WhatsApp and other applications.

§  If you receive an email from a known person with a link, ask them before opening the link to confirm it. It is important to note that the infected computers forward random emails to the contact list with the virus link.

§  Fraudulent emails that use names similar to popular services such as PayPal instead of PayPal or use popular service names.

How to Clean the WannaCry?

§  Make use of the ransomware removal tool in your antivirus software, which should search for and remove any attempted ransomware found on your computer.

§  You can also use some of the following free ransomware removal tools. These tools will:

• Remove ransomware viruses from your computer
• They will decrypt any files that were encrypted during the attack
• They will also inform you about the types of ransomware and show you what they look like

To finish I leave you with a question:

What do you think of this type of virus?