Due to a remote execution flaw in CyberPanel, I had to clean up after this attack. The most useful site I found was Kinsing malware (kdevtmpfsi) – how to kill on CreateIt. The instructions there are useful. Don’t forget to do the full search, as if you have any “kinsing” files left, they’ll get things started…
I had read about this a couple of times, but since the defense is the same as for previous versions, I hadn’t yet written about it. I’ve now had a call in which I had to deal with it. For some time, scam emails have been informing you that some amount of money had been…
I got this via e-mail alert from Barkly and thence to Bleeping Computer. Here’s the takeaway: What everyone should take away from this is that if you see a popup on a page stating that you need to download a Chrome Font Pack, you should immediately close the browser and not visit the site again….
How to beat ransomware: prevent, don’t react, from MalwarebytesLabs. The one thing I would add to this article is further emphasis on backup. I can’t emphasize it enough. No matter how attentive you are, you cannot absolutely be certain that you won’t get hit by ransomware. You can be careful, but most people use their…
I recommend Malwarebytes Anti-Malware regularly. I like to call it the “biggest broom” for sweeping out a computer that has been infected. I want to alert you to a new tool from the same company, Malwarebytes Anti-Rootkit (HT: TechRepublic). It’s still in Beta, but is quite well along in that testing. Be sure to read…
I’m writing this article so that I can refer callers to it. It’s going to be very, very basic. I’ve been getting calls from people who have been referred by my clients, generally with serious malware issues on their computers. When I look at the machine I invariably find that there is a fairly simple…
You don’t want to just do a search for security software. It’s quite possible that you’ll find a tool that is useless, or even is malware itself. Thus this excellent list of security software at Gizmo’s Freeware. Several of these tools are ones I use and recommend. There are, however, a number I haven’t used,…
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