FYI - Defender - "Pesttrap removal"

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Gary Walker

I recently joined these MS.private groups to gain some
defender insight. I've been helping a neighbor(Arrrgh!!)
with something called "Pesttrap", that he picked up .

Apparently, based on my research, PT is quite prevalent,
and widely known. It's a nasty little piece of junk that
seems to attack those with minimal understanding, and
hold their system hostage in hopes of a purchased sub-
scription.

So, although these groups are not generally searchable,
I'm simply reporting that defender seems to have neut-
ralized pesttrap. I still have to run a defender deep scan
to dig up anything else I can find, but PT seems eradic-
ated by defender, where others had failed earlier.

Thanks, for the help....

Gary
 
Gary Walker said:
I recently joined these MS.private groups to gain some
defender insight. I've been helping a neighbor(Arrrgh!!)
with something called "Pesttrap", that he picked up .

Apparently, based on my research, PT is quite prevalent,
and widely known. It's a nasty little piece of junk that
seems to attack those with minimal understanding, and
hold their system hostage in hopes of a purchased sub-
scription.

So, although these groups are not generally searchable,
I'm simply reporting that defender seems to have neut-
ralized pesttrap. I still have to run a defender deep scan
to dig up anything else I can find, but PT seems eradic-
ated by defender, where others had failed earlier.
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Thanks very much for this report, Gary. Support groups such as these often
seem to focus on the shortcomings or problems with a given application.
It's nice to hear the positives mentioned!
 
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