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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 · October 23, 2020

CLAY RANSOMWARE — How to remove CLAY?

The Clay virus was originally discovered by virus analyst xiaopao, and belongs to the ransomware type infection. This ransomware encrypts all user's data on...