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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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Recent articles by Brendan Smith

NERAS Virus. How to decrypt .neras files?

Currently, NERAS infection attacks a wide range of computers in various parts of the world. The degree of its distribution and the severity of...

Cilla ransomware. How to decrypt .cilla files?

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