RANSOMWARE REMOVES THE
ANTIVIRUS
Having
an antivirus in
Windows is not only recommended but is almost essential, although Windows
Defender can suffice in many situations. However, total protection does not
exist, as the newly discovered ransomware demonstrates, with the potential to
uninstall the antivirus and thus leave the way to act.
This
new type of ransomware is still in development, because as security experts
have been able to verify for Bleeping Computer, it does not achieve its
objective. It cannot uninstall the antivirus -not all, of course- or encrypt
the files. It also lacks instructions to pay the ransom, although in its sector
it can be described as promising.
The
danger of this malware is not the damage it can do, but what could happen if it
creates school and becomes a model for the next generation of computer
hijackings. That the next versions of ransomware can uninstall the antivirus before
encrypting the files on your PC is not at all reassuring.
In
addition to being ransomware, it could also be used as specific malware to
delete certain files, given its potential to find and locate software to
uninstall.
It
could achieve its goal even without the user being aware that they are under
attack by simply disabling the antivirus temporarily or
simply uninstalling it completely. Its evolution and possible use will have to
be closely followed, although surely malware developers are already aware of it
and are trying to take advantage of it.
Another
obvious twist is that companies that promote antivirus, both free and paid,
study it to understand how it works and how to prevent it from achieving its
goal in the future. It is the eternal virus-antivirus cycle in computing
repeating itself once again.
Ransomware
virus is a dangerous virus and its development is affecting the present
antivirus in your device by uninstalling it. So, to stay ahead of this type of
virus that affects your antivirus directly or indirectly for that we should use
some strong and well developed antivirus, and install
it in devices, that can’t be affected by ransomware and it’s get null or
ineffective while there is antivirus in your
device.
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