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Locky malware, lucky to avoid it

January 23, 2017 admin Antimalware research for IT pros and enthusiasts, Bartallex, Locky, macro, macros, maps, Microsoft Active Protection Service, Office 16, Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection, Ransom:Win32/Locky.A, ransomware, Windows Defender blogs for home users and small businesses

You may have seen reports of the Locky malware circulating the web; we think this is a good time to discuss its distribution methods, and reiterate some best-practice methods that will help prevent infection. We’ve seen Locky being distributed by spam email, not in itself a unique distribution method, but this means that spreading is…