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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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Others · March 16, 2021

WANNAPAY Virus (.wannapay Files of Ransomware)

The Wannapay virus was originally discovered by virus analyst Tomas Meskauskas, and belongs to the RIP lmao ransomware family. This ransomware encrypts all user's...