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Few hours ago new cyperattacks with ransomware is under development:

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Some claim that its a new version of Petya…The attacks hit several countries and spread out.
Is Avast aware of this?

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Ofcourse avast knows about it and likely even before the press did.

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Is there any chance that we -the free Avast users- may be covered against it or atleast find and trace of it by ussing scans or we must buy the premium version ONLY?

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Avast is detecting this ransomware just fine from my test.So all users even free of course are protected.
MD5 71b6a493388e7d0b40c83ce903bc6b04

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https://virustotal.com/en/file/027cc450ef5f8c5f653329641ec1fed91f694e0d229928963b30f6b0d7d3a745/analysis/

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FYI,VT is outdated on Avast detection.

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https://blog.avast.com/petya-based-ransomware-using-eternalblue-to-infect-computers-around-the-world

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Avast does not detect in the scan, but when it tries to run the file it detects it as malware. Why does this occur?

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Behavioral Detection http://itstillworks.com/behavioral-vs-heuristic-antivirus-3122.html

Wiki https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antivirus_software

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I wrote a analysis of the malware on MT if anyone is interested::
https://malwaretips.com/threads/analysis-of-petwrap-ransomware.73035/

I am not sure what the OP means but avast detects the threat even on demand.It’s the normal malware-gen detection (auto-detected by AI I assume) :slight_smile:

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Not very helpful posting a link to a site where you have to login in order to read the post.

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India is hit pretty bad:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/indian-companies-and-government-institutions-hit-by-massive-global-cyber-attack/articleshow/58660902.cms

"The leading cyber-security firm Avast has said that it had seen 75,000 cases of ransomware and its variants around the globe at last count. " 8)

@Eddy Can you suggest a better place for me to post a analysis? :slight_smile:

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Sure, this webboard in the viruses and worms forum :wink:
or any other place where people don’t have to become a member in order to see it.

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Ofcourse avast knows …, like some sort of God???

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No, because they are doing their job.

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Follow the link in Reply #6.

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Show me a link from any antivirus software which says that [that specific antivirus] will not protect you against the latest ransomware…

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And the other developers are sleeping…

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Show me a link from any antivirus software which says that [that specific antivirus] will not protect you against the latest ransomware...
And i will show you a honest politician ;D
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I might actually post it in the forum then. :slight_smile: