Ickarus_

Could you explain to us laymen how you actually went about stopping WannaCry? I have very basic computer knowledge, and am just curious how the process even works.

Im sorry if this is a really stupid quedtion, but Is it a matter of infecting a machine with the malware and then running 'triple-class-A-wizard-hacker'-diagnostic-utility-type-shit that gives you a sense of what the malware is doing? Is there like, an actual script the malware runs that you can look at and figure out how it works? I've always had trouble wrapping my head around how this stuff works as I have only the most basic knowledge of programming and computer systems. It surely can't be as simple as opening up 'virus.exe' and figuring out how it does what it does, right?

Is there some sort of video or documentary that kind of breaks down the process of fixing things like this?

Thanks man.

How often, if ever, do you make mistakes in regard to numbers and math? Have you ever, say, had your ability with numbers falter? If so, what was it like and how did it feel/look?

Also, just wanted to say that you are an incredible individual, and it was seeing you in that BBC documentary was what got me interested in foreign languages. Thank you so much.