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Offline cristianojgm

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Avast has to improve the ransomware shield.
« on: April 24, 2022, 02:11:01 AM »
As you can see in the video, both the behavior shield failed and the ransomware shield.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRK2L5Ooo4Y&t=531s
« Last Edit: April 25, 2022, 10:53:07 PM by cristianojgm »

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Re: Avast has to improve the ransomware shield.
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2022, 12:42:37 PM »
Hi,

In this test, one of the Shields was disabled. We recommend keeping the Core Shields enabled at all times.

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Re: Avast has to improve the ransomware shield.
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2022, 02:49:55 PM »
Hi,

In this test, one of the Shields was disabled. We recommend keeping the Core Shields enabled at all times.
In this video here all modules are connected and the trojan server with code obfuscated by a cypter passed and the behavior shield did nothing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFukUynoSjk

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Re: Avast has to improve the ransomware shield.
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2022, 02:42:39 PM »
Hi,

In this test, one of the Shields was disabled. We recommend keeping the Core Shields enabled at all times.

Why does the same test on this YouTube channel (file protection off) with other AVs not encrypt the files? Avast Free still kept the behavioral shield and the ransoware shield active.
« Last Edit: April 29, 2022, 02:46:22 PM by Nunzio77 »
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Re: Avast has to improve the ransomware shield.
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2022, 02:37:11 PM »
Hi,
If you could upload the problematic sample to https://virustotal.com/ and send us the link for the analysis, we would be able to look further into it.

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Re: Avast has to improve the ransomware shield.
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2022, 02:43:58 PM »
Hi,
If you could upload the problematic sample to https://virustotal.com/ and send us the link for the analysis, we would be able to look further into it.

I didn't do the test.  🙂 I only saw this video and other videos on this YouTube channel.
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Re: Avast has to improve the ransomware shield.
« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2022, 03:21:51 PM »
Hi,
If you could upload the problematic sample to https://virustotal.com/ and send us the link for the analysis, we would be able to look further into it.
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/416235b085b6b86640cac3a78f0bd52583eed7154fc3666f5338bde96db10fab
« Last Edit: May 02, 2022, 06:07:22 PM by cristianojgm »

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Re: Avast has to improve the ransomware shield.
« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2022, 04:41:52 PM »
Hi,
If you could upload the problematic sample to https://virustotal.com/ and send us the link for the analysis, we would be able to look further into it.
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/416235b085b6b86640cac3a78f0bd52583eed7154fc3666f5338bde96db10fab
<snip sample url>

Remove the link to malware sample to avoid accidental exposure and harvesting by others.

Virus total should send samples to those antivirus programs that don't detect it.

As r@vast said "and send us the link for the analysis" since you have posted the link to the analysis that should suffice.  However in the VT results Avast is detecting this ?
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Re: Avast has to improve the ransomware shield.
« Reply #8 on: May 02, 2022, 06:14:04 PM »
Hi,
If you could upload the problematic sample to https://virustotal.com/ and send us the link for the analysis, we would be able to look further into it.
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/416235b085b6b86640cac3a78f0bd52583eed7154fc3666f5338bde96db10fab
<snip sample url>


Remove the link to malware sample to avoid accidental exposure and harvesting by others.

Virus total should send samples to those antivirus programs that don't detect it.

As r@vast said "and send us the link for the analysis" since you have posted the link to the analysis that should suffice.  However in the VT results Avast is detecting this ?
Yes, avast detects it. What was shown in the video is the ransomware shield failure. If it didn't have a signature, the malware would have encrypted the files. This ransomware encrypts files by changing the extension. In this case, it disabled the file shield and left only the ramsoware shield, which in this particular malware failed to block it.

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Re: Avast has to improve the ransomware shield.
« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2022, 07:21:04 PM »
Hi,
If you could upload the problematic sample to https://virustotal.com/ and send us the link for the analysis, we would be able to look further into it.
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/416235b085b6b86640cac3a78f0bd52583eed7154fc3666f5338bde96db10fab
<snip sample url>


Remove the link to malware sample to avoid accidental exposure and harvesting by others.

Virus total should send samples to those antivirus programs that don't detect it.

As r@vast said "and send us the link for the analysis" since you have posted the link to the analysis that should suffice.  However in the VT results Avast is detecting this ?
Yes, avast detects it. What was shown in the video is the ransomware shield failure. If it didn't have a signature, the malware would have encrypted the files. This ransomware encrypts files by changing the extension. In this case, it disabled the file shield and left only the ramsoware shield, which in this particular malware failed to block it.

The same thing happened to me with other ransoware too, but I don't have the samples to report.
It would be useful, if possible, to review the entire ransoware shield in the laboratory to reinforce it.

Thanks. ;)
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Re: Avast has to improve the ransomware shield.
« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2022, 09:49:24 AM »
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Re: Avast has to improve the ransomware shield.
« Reply #12 on: May 05, 2022, 10:01:37 PM »
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Re: Avast has to improve the ransomware shield.
« Reply #13 on: May 05, 2022, 10:05:40 PM »
Look at this test:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8pVaKOOAc8
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Re: Avast has to improve the ransomware shield.
« Reply #14 on: May 06, 2022, 09:57:08 AM »
But if there is a zero day attack in which a malware is not recognized by file protection, are the other shields able to protect the PC and data? 
After this video I have some doubts ...
Does the ransoware shield protect the inserted folders in case of a zero-day attack?
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