[TriLUG] Virus Question

[Scott Lambdin via TriLUG]

I have heard Windows specialists say that they use multiple anti-virus
softwares and regularly find cases where one catches the problem and the
others do not.

--Scott

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 11:50 AM, via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> 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
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