don't get suckered into the imitation software … always go directly to the source … in this case www.malwarebytes.com .
yep, another new ransomware variant is making the rounds … trying to pass itself off as legitimate software. supposedly the filename is "malwerbyte.exe". websites are not safe either … something to the effect "malwrhunterteam" or an exact address-extension of "t.co/kZKjVrhx64".
i caught wind of it this evening on malwarebytes blog:
remember … even when on the official website … copy/paste the url into virus-total's website to make sure the file is legitimate. few weeks back, kemical discovered classic-shell's official download server had been victimized … sending innocent clients to forged address/file.
ref:
VirusTotal - Free Online Virus, Malware and URL Scanner
yep, another new ransomware variant is making the rounds … trying to pass itself off as legitimate software. supposedly the filename is "malwerbyte.exe". websites are not safe either … something to the effect "malwrhunterteam" or an exact address-extension of "t.co/kZKjVrhx64".
i caught wind of it this evening on malwarebytes blog:
remember … even when on the official website … copy/paste the url into virus-total's website to make sure the file is legitimate. few weeks back, kemical discovered classic-shell's official download server had been victimized … sending innocent clients to forged address/file.
ref:
VirusTotal - Free Online Virus, Malware and URL Scanner