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Brendan Smith

Cybersecurity analyst covering malware families, suspicious files, and detection alerts. Brendan focuses on clear explanations of what a warning means, when it may be a false positive, and which cleanup steps are appropriate.

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Win32/PowEmotet.SB + Win32/PowEmotet.SC (Emotet Trojan)

Microsoft Defender for Endpoint blockiert plötzlich Office und verhindert, dass Benutzer Dokumente öffnen. Darüber hinaus sind auch eine Reihe ausführbarer Dateien in die heiße...