On Sat, 13 May 2017 09:55:04 -0400 J C Nash <profjcnash [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> wrote: > 1) To help slow down the spread of the ransomware, is it worth linux > users putting > min protocol = SMB2 I doubt it could spread on Linux anyway. The bug is most likely Windows-specific and the payload is extremely unlikely to run on Linux. > 2) I use some WinXP VMs on Virtualbox. Should I do anything on those > to reduce the spread of infection? Block the SMB port (TCP/445) in and out on the firewall. Regards, Dianne.