Ransomware in update

from Stardock Forums

Woke up this morning and (fortunately)  one of my security details caught a Ransomware attack in a Stardock update attempt.

The Ransomware shut down Malwarebytes, but Acronis stopped it from continuing.

Thoughts? Comments?

 

Rick W.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

I think it is likely to be a false positive.

There was an update for ObjectDesktop Manager I think which would have replaced some files and could in theory make a fairly simplistic ransomware detector think files were being modified (vs updating them).

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Yessir all seems to be fine. False alarm. I guess. No reason why Malwarebytes shut down in the system log.

Just one of those strange things that happen. I'm running a Windows 10 Insider build too. Dunno.

Thanks for the quick response.

 

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