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How to avoid the WannaCrypt virus if you run Windows on a Mac

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<p>WannaCrypt may be exclusively a problem for Windows users, but the worm/virus combination could hit a Mac user with a Boot Camp partition or Windows virtual machines in VMware Fusion, Parallels, or other software. If you fit that bill and haven’t booted your Windows system since mid-March or you didn’t receive or install Microsoft’s vital security update (MS17-010) released at that time, read on.</p><p>It’s critical that you don’t start up a Windows XP or later installation that’s unpatched and let it connect to the Internet unless you’re absolutely sure you have the SMB file-sharing service disabled or firewall or network-monitoring software installed that will block any attempt from an outside connection.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3197144/security/how-to-avoid-the-wannacrypt-virus-if-you-run-windows-on-a-mac.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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