Re: Petya attack

2017-06-28 Thread Mark Schonewille via use-livecode
Hi Richmond, Probably not, because the offending file(s) need(s) to be installed in the Windows directory to be effective. A Mac doesn't have a Windows directory. Any guest OS's running in a virtual machine however may be affected. I could imagine that other Office packages running on Window

Re: Petya attack

2017-06-27 Thread Richmond Mathewson via use-livecode
" This ransomware is exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft Office when handling RTF documents" Although the article seems to say that this thing only affects Windows I wonder whether this thing can do damage to Macs via Microsoft Office for Mac or opening one of these RTF documents with one

Petya attack

2017-06-27 Thread J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Just spreading the word: Petya Ransomware attack: https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2017/06/petya-ransomware/ -- Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com ___ use-livec