The SMBv1 file-sharing protocol abused by the NSA’s EternalBlue exploit to spread WannaCry ransomware is being disabled in the upcoming Windows Fall Creators Update, or Redstone 3. The crusty SMBv1 ...

Microsoft has confirmed that the September 2025 Windows security updates are causing connection issues to Server Message Block (SMB) v1 shares. The list of platforms affected by this known issue is ...

Starting this fall, with the public launch of the next major Windows 10 update — codenamed Redstone 3 — Microsoft plans to disable SMBv1 in most versions of the Windows operating systems. Internally, ...

Microsoft has released the September 2025 non-security updates for Windows 10, just a few weeks before the end of support. KB5066198 with build number 19045.6396 is now available for download with ...

Open Control Panel > Programs & Features > Turn Windows features on or off. In the list of options, one option would be SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support. Uncheck the checkbox associated with it and ...

Microsoft has said that the last step in removal of SMBv1 has been taken. In the Windows 11 Home Dev preview versions that are out now, you won't be able to use the old file sharing method as default.

Two devastating global ransomware outbreaks, WannaCry and Petya, spread quickly because of a vulnerability in one of the internet's most ancient networking protocols, Server Message Block version 1 ...

Due to the absence of the SMBv1 protocol, you will encounter failure when trying to connect to a file share. This has been happening to some of us when trying to map the network share involving the ...

A couple of days ago, out of the blue, Google released an open-source Samba client for Android, bringing users the convenience of being able to easily mount and access files over a network using the ...