Reaction of Autopsy Results of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa

New Mexico authorities finally figured out what happened to Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa. 

She died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome... a disease with no cure or treatment, and has about a 40% fatality rate. It manifests as flu-like symptoms, then you basically lost the ability to breathe, as your lung starts to fill with fluid (pulmonary edema) and basically... can't get more oxygen in, which causes strain on your heart, and you... die. 

Gene Hackman, in his 90s and suffering from dementia and Alzheimers, did not realize his wife died until a week later, then he had an heart attack. 

And neither was found for days, until a worker became concerned enough to call for authorities for a welfare check. 

What a... sad end to one of the most famous actors of Hollywood... 

Experts say it often takes 2-3 weeks for the symptoms of HPS to manifest, and it does start with flu-like symptoms, and can take a sudden downturn. It is also surprising that neither have any staff or regular visitors. 

Guess money isn't everything...     

Cybersecurity: How Do You Know If Your Antivirus is Working (without actual Malware)?

Antivirus is a lot like having insurance... you have it, but hope you never have to use it. 

What if I tell you that you can test your antivirus on your PC, without downloading any malware, by simply typing something on your keyboard? If it reacts, the antivirus is working. If it didn't... your antivirus' real-time scan is not working. 

This only works on Windows, by the way. 

Open a powershell window. (If you don't know what is Powershell, please read this from Microsoft. It's already in your system.  https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/powershell )

What you will type or copy is just a string, a bunch of characters. It is NOT a script or malware. It is offered by Microsoft as a way to test their own AMSI (Microsoft Antimalware Scan Interface)

Enter this at the prompt:  ‘AMSI Test Sample: 7e72c3ce-861b-4339-8740-0ac1484c1386’ 

Note, please replace the fancy quotes with single quotes to get this to work properly. Yes, the single quotes are important. 

Microsoft Security should trigger as you press enter. Depending on whether you have any clipboard management software, it may react as soon as you try to copy the string onto the clipboard. 

Now you know whether your antivirus is active or not. 

There are, of course, other ways to test this. For this method (all credits goes to Black Hills Info Sec) and other ways, go read BHIS's blogpost: https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/is-this-thing-on/