Spora Ransomware

flash321 Elite Member @flash321 Posts: 19,426 Likes: 14,248	Spora Ransomware Mar 4, 2017 21:14:47 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by flash321 on Mar 4, 2017 21:14:47 GMT Has anyone had to deal with the Spora Ransomware? And if so how did you get rid of it. From what I've read and seen it is a real bitch.

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Spora Ransomware Mar 5, 2017 7:47:54 GMT flash321 likes this

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Post by mslo79 on Mar 5, 2017 7:47:54 GMT

ransomfree.cybereason.com/

it's a free program that's supposed to block all or nearly all Ransomware given it does not look for specific strains but it detects Ransomware based on how it functions. it uses very little resources to which is always a good thing.

but that's just preventative software as once infected your pretty much screwed when it comes to most Ransomware from what i know.

p.s. also, programs like Voodooshield (i.e. voodooshield.com/ (it's free but has a option to pay $$$ for additional control over the program)) is probably best though since it just assumes everything you did not specifically allow to run as something shady and automatically blocks it. it does require some initial configuring though. it also uses very little resources. with Voodooshield installed one probably does not need Ransomfree but it does not hurt to have both since they barely use any system resources.

it even shows this on RandomFree's website...

When new ransomware strains, such as Spora and Dharma, were released after RansomFree’s launch, our tool caught them without any fuss.

Last Edit: Mar 5, 2017 13:33:55 GMT by mslo79

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Spora Ransomware May 5, 2017 19:31:28 GMT

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Post by mslo79 on May 5, 2017 19:31:28 GMT

i just stumbled into a RansomFree review online dated April 17th 2017...

www.pcmag.com/review/352983/cybereason-ransomfree

i even noticed it was not detecting 'Simulated Ransomware' a while back but it's not surprising because it does not act like a real Ransomware infection and that's what i assumed which that review further confirms.

p.s. RansomFree is currently on v2.2.6.0 which added support for the Windows 10 Creators Update released last month.

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Spora Ransomware May 14, 2017 3:35:14 GMT flash321 likes this

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Post by mslo79 on May 14, 2017 3:35:14 GMT

I just thought i would post a bit of a update... the recent WannaCry ransomware that infected a lot of PC's in the world Friday would have been blocked had people been runnning RansomFree as it appears the RansomFree website was updated and now shows this... "Protects against 99% of ransomware strains, including WannaCry."

www.wired.com/2017/05/accidental-kill-switch-slowed-fridays-massive-ransomware-attack/

thehackernews.com/2017/05/wannacry-ransomware-cyber-attack.html

hackaday.com/2017/05/13/global-cyber-attack-halted-autopsy-time/

www.wired.com/2017/05/ransomware-meltdown-experts-warned/

just some articles on the whole recent ransomware attack.

WannaCry has already infected over 200,000 computers across 99 countries worldwide only in past two days, and now this latest version can take over other hundreds of thousands of unpatched computers without any disruption.

For those unaware, WannaCry is an insanely fast-spreading ransomware malware that leverages a Windows SMB exploit to target a computer running on unpatched or unsupported versions of Windows and servers and then spread itself like a worm to infect other vulnerable systems in the internal network.

One reason WannaCry has proven so vicious? It seems to leverage a Windows vulnerability known as EternalBlue that allegedly originated with the NSA. The exploit was dumped into the wild last month in a trove of alleged NSA tools by the Shadow Brokers hacking group. Microsoft released a patch for the exploit, known as MS17-010, in March, but clearly many organizations haven’t caught up.

Microsoft even released a patch for Windows XP users even though support of Windows XP ended in April 2014.

p.s. see my initial post above in here to get RansomFree, which is free.

Last Edit: May 14, 2017 3:54:38 GMT by mslo79

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Spora Ransomware May 14, 2017 14:49:46 GMT flash321 likes this

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Post by alpha128 on May 14, 2017 14:49:46 GMT

May 14, 2017 3:35:14 GMT mslo79 said:

I just thought i would post a bit of a update... the recent WannaCry ransomware that infected a lot of PC's in the world Friday would have been blocked had people been runnning RansomFree as it appears the RansomFree website was updated and now shows this... "Protects against 99% of ransomware strains, including WannaCry."

Given the importance of this topic, I created a new thread in this forum, with the latest advice from Woody Leonhard:
imdb2.freeforums.net/thread/26885/make-won-get-wannacry-wannacrypt

Post by flash321 on Mar 4, 2017 21:14:47 GMT

Post by mslo79 on Mar 5, 2017 7:47:54 GMT

Post by mslo79 on May 5, 2017 19:31:28 GMT

Post by mslo79 on May 14, 2017 3:35:14 GMT

Post by alpha128 on May 14, 2017 14:49:46 GMT