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MSRT July 2016 – Cerber ransomware

January 23, 2017 admin Antimalware research for IT pros and enthusiasts, Cerber, Cerber infection chain, Exxroute, Locky, Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool, MSRT, ransomware, ransomware detection, ransomware mitigation, ransomware recovery

As part of our ongoing effort to provide better malware protection, the July 2016 release of the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) includes detection for Win32/Cerber, a prevalent ransomware family. The inclusion in MSRT complements our Cerber-specific family detections in Windows Defender, and our ransomware-dedicated cloud protection features. We started seeing Cerber in February…