OT: Crowdstrike security down affecting Windows ops

[MarkovsKnee]

Sooooo, anyone else having issues today? Blue Screen of Death on all computers, and IT is like, don't restart anything!

3 Day weekend? Please? Currently, sitting here playing on my phone

Sorry, IT bros! Good luck.

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[vokiel]

Nah, who uses that crap anyways.

 

[MasterD]

The fix is fairly easy for end users/endpoints

1. Start Windows in Safe Mode or in the Windows Recovery Environment.
2. Navigate to the directory C:\Windows\System32\drivers\CrowdStrike.
3. Find the file that matches "C-00000291*.sys" and delete it.
4. Restart the computer normally.

Source: CrowdStrike

It can be somewhat more difficult for cloud/servers. I'm in IT, my company and our clients aren't affected, but I have many colleagues working hard this morning.

 

[GoodKiwi]

If I'll find a windows computer here, at our offices, I'll report back.

 

[Colezuki]

My computer is working fine, which is kinda nice tbh

 

[Adam Michaels]

Don't bother me with your problems.

 

[Nico Cauzuki]

it apparently affected flights also

 

[ThaDevilGirl]

it apparently affected flights also

I flew out at the last minute last night. Guess I was lucky AF

 

[Bombshell11]

Just go back to windows xp or windows 7... never ever install "anti viruses", use ad blockers, look for non chrome based browsers, watch what links you're clicking.

Stay away from xxx sites

You'll never have a problem

 

[SOLR]

I flew out at the last minute last night. Guess I was lucky AF

Conspiracy theory right there. YOU WERE WARNED BY THE CIA

 

[Paddyjack]

Stay away from xxx sites

Wait, what??? HOW???

 

[LaP]

Nah, who uses that crap anyways.

Mt first thought

 

[pepperMonkey]

Nah, who uses that crap anyways.

Ugg...Royal Bank is currently messed up...albeit they haven't specified the problem was with CRWD but the timing...

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Hoping that our system is down when I get to work, long weekend baby let’s go

 

[Nico Cauzuki]

I flew out at the last minute last night. Guess I was lucky AF

Lucky you flights kept getting delayed earlier not sure if they still are

 

[MasterD]

Just go back to windows xp or windows 7... never ever install "anti viruses", use ad blockers, look for non chrome based browsers, watch what links you're clicking.

Stay away from xxx sites

You'll never have a problem

HORRIBLE advice.

I thought you were just trolling with the Mesar delusions, but apparently it's really just ignorance.

What happens if you connect Windows XP to the Internet in 2024?

If you don't want to use modern Windows, use Linux, or ChromeOS. or MacOS.

 

[Beer and Chips]

That's the problem with the internet, ten different answers to a question.

 

[overlords]

summer on hfboards

 

[Bombshell11]

HORRIBLE advice.

I thought you were just trolling with the Mesar delusions, but apparently it's really just ignorance.

What happens if you connect Windows XP to the Internet in 2024?

If you don't want to use modern Windows, use Linux, or ChromeOS. or MacOS.

What are you talking about? this is non-sense, I own a tech business for 10 years and i have many systems running win xp on the internet, mostly win 7 though. We're talking about 1000s of stations. I also have a background in networking. This is complete bull.

The video you posted is the most bs video i have ever seen in my life, it cuts through so many things. We have no idea what he did in the background, what sites he clicked on etc. This is just scarecrow for noobs.

I can show you other videos, with no cutted sequences or lagging framerate that demonstrates windows XP is the most clean windows you can get after a fresh install with next to no traffic.

On the other hand windows 10, 11 and for sure the following windows versions come embedded with tons of tracking software that are hooked 24/7 to websites of compagnies no one has even heard of and its not just a few... its a huge list of domains tracking you the moment you hook internet to your PC without browsing anything.

The only effective way to be protected is to have good legit ad blockers, to never click on ads and avoid sites you don't know. If you feel adventurous you can setup segmented networks within your network and configure it where traffic goes out but doesn't come in. You can easely do this with 2 routers, one main and a secondary which you setup to hide the network you serf the internet. You can also setup a windows server and manage your network's traffic this way as well while hiding your stations... there's VPNs you can setup as well..

There's so many better things you can do to be protected than buying into the crap of the corporations pushing you to update their junk.

 

[Team_Spirit]

summer on hfboards

Hab content fix this;

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Hoping that our system is down when I get to work, long weekend baby let’s go

They weren’t f***ing down

 

[Paddyjack]

They weren’t f***ing down

Yet... you're here. While at work....

 

[PavelBrendl]

Thank the Jesus is already unloaded my CRWD shares hahaha

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Yet... you're here. While at work....

That’s just a regular day my man

 

[knuck]

LINUX BABY


Our entire backend runs on linux so no problem here.

What are you talking about? this is non-sense, I own a tech business for 10 years and i have many systems running win xp on the internet, mostly win 7 though. We're talking about 1000s of stations. I also have a background in networking. This is complete bull.

The video you posted is the most bs video i have ever seen in my life, it cuts through so many things. We have no idea what he did in the background, what sites he clicked on etc. This is just scarecrow for noobs.

I can show you other videos, with no cutted sequences or lagging framerate that demonstrates windows XP is the most clean windows you can get after a fresh install with next to no traffic.

On the other hand windows 10, 11 and for sure the following windows versions come embedded with tons of tracking software that are hooked 24/7 to websites of compagnies no one has even heard of and its not just a few... its a huge list of domains tracking you the moment you hook internet to your PC without browsing anything.

The only effective way to be protected is to have good legit ad blockers, to never click on ads and avoid sites you don't know. If you feel adventurous you can setup segmented networks within your network and configure it where traffic goes out but doesn't come in. You can easely do this with 2 routers, one main and a secondary which you setup to hide the network you serf the internet. You can also setup a windows server and manage your network's traffic this way as well while hiding your stations... there's VPNs you can setup as well..

There's so many better things you can do to be protected than buying into the crap of the corporations pushing you to update their junk.

the problem with your strategy is it relies on humans not being dumbasses lol