Elise

Malware analyst. I've always been interested in computers, especially anything (anti-)malware related and am usually the go-to computer person for everyone who knows me. The first virus I encountered was on DOS when I was 12 years old. The fact that our AV back then could "magically" make it go away sparked my interest.

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Oct 18, 2018

12 min read

How to remove fileless malware

What is fileless malware? How can you identify it? And how can you remove it from your system? Find out how to identify and manually remove this type of threat.

Jun 18, 2018

9 min read

How to Perform Manual PUP Removal

Emsisoft’s security experts are once again sharing their malware removal know-how in the second installment of our Malware Removal Series! In this blog post, our Lead Malware Analysts focus on the safe manual removal of Potentially Unwanted Program, also known as PUPs.

May 15, 2018

An Introduction to Malware Identification and Removal

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The Basics of Manual Malware Identification and Removal

Emsisoft’s security experts are sharing their malware removal know-how in our new Malware Removal Series! In this blog post, our Lead Malware Analysts give us an introduction to malware identification and removal.

Jun 15, 2016

3 min read

RAA, a new Ransomware variant using only JavaScript

While JavaScript ransomware is not a new threat, the Emsisoft team recently encountered a new ransomware variant known as RAA. Known to encrypt personal files it also goes one step further by dropping Pony malware, a known stealer of private data.

Sep 10, 2013

4 min read

CryptoLocker – a new ransomware variant

Over the past few days Emsisoft’s malware research team has received numerous reports of a new file encrypting ransomware strain. This new family of ransomware is commonly referred to as CryptoLocker or Trojan:Win32/Crilock.A. Like all file encrypting ransomware (also known as crypto malware) the goal of the attacker is to encrypt important files on the […]

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