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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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Ransomware · August 30, 2020

Boop Virus Ransomware. How to decrypt .BOOP file?

Boop is a DJVU family of ransomware-type infections. This ransomware encrypts important personal files (video, photos, documents). The infected files can be tracked by...