How to Make a Petya Vaccine (NotPetya) on a Computer
How to make the Petya vaccine (NotPetya) so that your computer can be immune to viral infections that are currently rampant, many still don’t know. You are one of the lucky ones if you read this one article and apply it to your favorite computer.
For your information, this time the Petya virus attacks (NotPetya) not attacks ransomware and wipers. It means, NotPetya it was created with the target of corrupting data. So it is very impossible for your computer that has been infected with this virus, the data in it can be returned again, aka will be destroyed.
Well, through the tutorial Dafunda Tekno provides the following, you can make your own vaccine to prevent being infected by this vicious virus. The method is quite easy, you only need to create 3 types of files through the C:\Windows by changing the format Read-only that is:
- perfc
- perfc.dat
- perfc.dll
How to Make Your Own Petya Vaccine (NotPetya) on a Computer
- The first step you take is to make sure Windows File Explorer can display file extensions. How to open File Explorer – File – Change folder and search options.
- On the window Folder Optionsselect tab View then uncheck the option Hide extensions for known file typesthen Apply.
- The next step is to open the partition C:\Windows – scroll down and find notepad.exe – copy notepad.exe then paste 3 times, so you will see 3 new files, namely:
- notepad – Copy.exe
- notepad – Copy (2).exe
- notepad – Copy (3).exe
The result looks like the image below.
Now rename the three files you just created earlier to:
- perfc (remove the extension)
- perfc.dat
- perfc.dll
Notes: because you changed the name of each file without using an extension (such as perfc, perfc.dat, and perfc.dll) a confirmation notification will appear, just select the button Yes.
Later you will get the result as shown below:
- The next step is to right click on each file – Properties – and tick on Read-only. do the same for the three files that you created earlier.
Finished. From now on your computer is immune to the name of the vicious virus Petya (NotPetya) which is currently rampantly attacking every existing computer. This vaccine was obtained by security researcher Amit Serper, then distributed through his Twitter account.
Don’t forget, make sure you spread this information, especially your relatives, close friends, and other people so that many computers are immune from Petya (NotPetya) which has a destructive effect. the more people know how to make the Petya vaccine (NotPetya) then more and more computers are protected by computers in Indonesia from these vicious wiper infections.
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