Avast And French Cops Save 850,000 PCs From Retadup Crypto Malware

Avast has managed to take down the Retadup crypto-mining worm disinfecting more than 850,000 computers, with the help of French National Gendarmerie, the antivirus maker announced in a blog post. The security researchers at Avast discovered a design flaw in the communications protocol of Retadup that allowed the team to remove the malware from the […]

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