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Other => Viruses and worms => Topic started by: Teraiand on January 15, 2022, 05:37:43 PM

Title: Virus notification all of a sudden through Windows email
Post by: Teraiand on January 15, 2022, 05:37:43 PM
Hello,

So, I was navigating on the browser and all of a sudden I received a notification on Avast for a malware. The malware is indicated as other (trj) and is a .cab with a # and some numbers.

It looks like it passed through my email client (Windows email), through a personal domain email, I guess it doesn't have spam filters as I received some spam in it before too, but that's the first time ever that I receive an email with a detected virus like this.

I went to the email on the Windows email client and I deleted it, to be sure I also deleted the email address from the client. Now the file is in quarantine and I run a scan, everything is okay. Should I worry about it? If you want more details I can give it to you if you please tell me how to get them.

Thank you very much
Title: Re: Virus notification all of a sudden through Windows email
Post by: polonus on January 15, 2022, 11:33:51 PM
Taken to the chest means it cannot hurt either you nor your Operating System.
So your device is secured..

It is just like a person residing inside the slammer.
That often means one cannot do harm outside of one's prison-cell.

So be happy and do not worry, besides a javascript blocker like uMatrix extension may keep you from harm,
as such trojans work through compressed javascript data while attacking.

polonus