Users are reminded to remain vigilant as yet another international cyber-attack affects computers across the globe.

Machines affected by this attack will display a message like:

Repairing file system on C:

The type of the file system is NTFS.
One of your disks contains errors and needs to be repaired. This process may take several hours to complete. It is strongly recommended to let it complete.

WARNING: DO NOT TURN OFF YOUR PC! IF YOU ABORT THIS PROCESS, YOU COULD DESTROY ALL OF YOUR DATA! PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR POWER CABLE IS PLUGGED IN!

CHKDSK is repairing sector xxxxx of xxxxxxxx (x%)

If you have this or a similar message displayed on your screen disconnect your PC  immediately and contact ithelp@hw.ac.uk

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