Takeaways from a global malware disaster
Takeaways from a global malware disaster
Posted May 18, 2017 9:47 UTC (Thu) by cpanceac (guest, #80967)In reply to: Takeaways from a global malware disaster by eru
Parent article: Vulnerability hoarding and Wcry
Right. The Windows update process is painfull and buggy and it takes a looong time to complete.
Posted May 18, 2017 18:42 UTC (Thu)
by drag (guest, #31333)
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It's rare that I have to deal with this though. Usually only when people come to me with a jacked up PC and they want me to fix it.
Takeaways from a global malware disaster
The way I deal with Windows updates is to boot linux and use the tools supplied by "WSUS Offline Downloader", get all the windows updates on a USB key, and then install them to Windows before I ever connect it to a network.