Microsoft updates Malicious Software Removal Tool to address Tescrypt infections

October 14th 2015  Ashley Carman
 
Microsoft updated its Malicious Software Removal Tool yesterday, which detects and remediates malware, to deal with  ransomware that falls under the Tescrypt family.
 
The move to protect against this specific threat follows an August spike in infections, Microsoft wrote in a blog post. The company noted that prior to August, infections were “steady but low,” and after they spiked later in the month, detections fell but remained “higher than before that first peak in late August.”
 
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