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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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PremierOpinion Uninstall & Virus Removal

Premier Opinion (PremierOpinion) stands for a potentially unwanted application that operates on your PC and tracks data, such as your web browsing preferences, demographic...

CRYPTOLOCKER-V3 Ransomware (.ECC File Virus)

The Cryptolocker-v3 virus belongs to the CryptoLocker ransomware family. This ransomware encrypts all user's data on the PC (photos, documents, excel tables, music, videos,...

URSA Ransomware — How to remove Ursa 1.0?

The Ursa ransomware (was discovered by Tomas Meskauskas) encrypts all user's data on the PC (photos, documents, excel tables, music, videos, etc) and creates...