[TriLUG] Virus Question

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Hi all – have not posted in quite sometime.  Right now, I am stuck and lookingfor some hope.  My computer has picked upthe Cerber Ransomeware.  This is my workcomputer and I do have secure backups Jun 5, so the only thing at risk is mywork from the last week. My 2 questions are 1)    Can Itrust that Windows Defender has removed the ransomware itself?  I am monitoring the # of *.cerber files andit seems to be steady, but any sentence with the phrase “Can I trust a M$product” is a little tough. 2)    Can I useRestore to recover what I created last week? The infection occurred yesterday, Sun Jun 12.  The last work was on Thu Jun 9.   3)    Whatelse did I not think of? This is an HP Pavilion laptop, running Windows10, AMD A6-6310 CPU, 64 bit. Thanks 

Dave  davethebald at yahoo.com