Comments on: Fileless malware: Invisible threat or scaremongering hype? https://www.emsisoft.com/en/blog/29070/fileless-malware-attacks/ Straight-talking security advice from the Malware Experts Fri, 18 Nov 2022 12:25:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: Umbra@Emsisoft https://www.emsisoft.com/en/blog/29070/fileless-malware-attacks/#comment-789574 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 23:50:00 +0000 https://blog.emsisoft.com/?p=29070#comment-789574 In reply to Richarddd.

You are welcome.

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By: Richarddd https://www.emsisoft.com/en/blog/29070/fileless-malware-attacks/#comment-789573 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 14:53:00 +0000 https://blog.emsisoft.com/?p=29070#comment-789573 In reply to Umbra@Emsisoft.

Thank you for your reply Umbra.

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By: Umbra@Emsisoft https://www.emsisoft.com/en/blog/29070/fileless-malware-attacks/#comment-789572 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 07:57:00 +0000 https://blog.emsisoft.com/?p=29070#comment-789572 In reply to Richarddd.

@disqus_Emi1wOLuaa:disqus
i don’t think it is related, powershell isn’t needed for a system to run properly.
Anyway, if you have safe habits and using Emsisoft, i dont believe you may be hit by such malware.

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By: Richarddd https://www.emsisoft.com/en/blog/29070/fileless-malware-attacks/#comment-789571 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 05:26:00 +0000 https://blog.emsisoft.com/?p=29070#comment-789571 In reply to Cool N boy Xbox 360 Gamer.

Cool! Zemana saved my life once catching a fileless malware in the registry too (but lately it’s detection rate has decreased…sadly).

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By: Richarddd https://www.emsisoft.com/en/blog/29070/fileless-malware-attacks/#comment-789570 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 05:24:00 +0000 https://blog.emsisoft.com/?p=29070#comment-789570 Hi. I don’t know if disabling Powershell had to do with all of these BSODs and that after putting my laptop to ‘sleep’, Windows 10 never ‘woke up’. Instead it rebooted.
I decided to install a good copy made in Macrium reflect and everything was OK again.
I won’t disable Powershell again. Just in case.

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By: Umbra@Emsisoft https://www.emsisoft.com/en/blog/29070/fileless-malware-attacks/#comment-789566 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 23:51:00 +0000 https://blog.emsisoft.com/?p=29070#comment-789566 In reply to Brian M. Leahy.

Classic users (like most of us) won’t normally cross those type of malware much often (unless you visit suspicious sites or open unknown mails). So don’t worry by using Emsisoft and exercising safe habits you are protected.

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By: Brian M. Leahy https://www.emsisoft.com/en/blog/29070/fileless-malware-attacks/#comment-789557 Thu, 30 Nov 2017 09:22:00 +0000 https://blog.emsisoft.com/?p=29070#comment-789557 I’m an 81 year old man seriously lacking in computing skills so I would like to know a simply answer to the following question.
Does my current level of protection actually protect me?

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By: Arthur https://www.emsisoft.com/en/blog/29070/fileless-malware-attacks/#comment-789547 Thu, 23 Nov 2017 14:51:00 +0000 https://blog.emsisoft.com/?p=29070#comment-789547 In reply to Umbra@Emsisoft.

Hi, there! And how can uncheck Power Shell in Winwos 7 64-bit if I can’t see it in Windows features on or off?

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By: Umbra@Emsisoft https://www.emsisoft.com/en/blog/29070/fileless-malware-attacks/#comment-789546 Thu, 23 Nov 2017 12:48:00 +0000 https://blog.emsisoft.com/?p=29070#comment-789546 In reply to howiem.

@howiem:disqus
The fileless malware doesn’t hide in powershell, it uses powershell (an interpreter like cmd) to deliver its exploit.
Using an analogy, a disease (Fileless malware) use saliva (powershell) to deliver its bacteria (exploit) to infect the victim (the system).

so if you don’t exchange saliva with anyone (disable powershell), you don’t infect anyone.

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By: howiem https://www.emsisoft.com/en/blog/29070/fileless-malware-attacks/#comment-789544 Thu, 23 Nov 2017 12:18:00 +0000 https://blog.emsisoft.com/?p=29070#comment-789544 In reply to Arthur.

If I recall correctly, no Power Shell means that the fileless files cannot hide there, so there is nothing to do.

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By: Cool N boy Xbox 360 Gamer https://www.emsisoft.com/en/blog/29070/fileless-malware-attacks/#comment-789540 Wed, 22 Nov 2017 16:16:00 +0000 https://blog.emsisoft.com/?p=29070#comment-789540 Well, Malwarebytes can catch fileless malware in the registry

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By: atonda https://www.emsisoft.com/en/blog/29070/fileless-malware-attacks/#comment-789539 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 17:48:00 +0000 https://blog.emsisoft.com/?p=29070#comment-789539 In reply to atonda.

I have done all things and my system has no access to Power Shell or Defender.
Nothing Nada anything remotely related. I know there is something wrong with my system. I just don’t know what or how to fix it. My access to outside help is either unaffordable or not available to me.

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