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<blockquote data-quote="Der.Reisende" data-source="post: 496973" data-attributes="member: 32430"><p>I can share a similiar story here, although I do not plan to retire from Malware testing any time soon.</p><p>My last (and probably only for years) infection took place on an ShadowDefender equipped environment, at that time I was still using the 30-days trial to see if it's worth it (that was the time the Hub changed from live testing - better said live scanning and SUDing to real malware tests as they are now - and only with a virtualization as additional layer of protection).</p><p>I wanted to try out whether HMP.A (the paid version) and the Premium version of ZAM will be able to protect the system against being infected [my main AV, QTS360 was turned off so not being able to block the infection, Windows UAC and or SmartScreen was ignored to open the file].</p><p>Unfortunately, they were not.</p><p>I ran a harmless looking file (!) out of one of those MalwarePacks shared in the Hub, mentioned a strange process running, but even after 5 minutes, nothing happened, file obviously "broken". Context scan of the file revealed no sign of threat.</p><p>So I decided to fire off both 2nd opinion scanners and leave to do something else while that.</p><p>Luckily I had my system protected by ShadowDefender, as the "broken" file turned out to be a TeslaCrypt variant (the one adding nice .mp3 non-music extensions), not being broken in any way, but doing a great job in encrypting anything. I have to say that those 2nd opinion scanners did detect something malicious then, but it was too late.</p><p>Of course, at that time I had everything backupped and ShadowDefender did a great job "turning back time" so no sign of the file nor the infection could be found after a restart, but that made me even more concious why playing with malware should be done a) at no time unobserved and b) with all possible protection measures.</p><p></p><p>With that, you'll have great time at the Hub and bring joice to those Mods.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: No offense against HMP(.A) (SurfRight) and Zemana (ZAM), I still use your products with joice and you're doing a great job <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>EDIT 2: Thanks [USER=33155]@Inkurax[/USER] for sharing your story <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite109" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Der.Reisende, post: 496973, member: 32430"] I can share a similiar story here, although I do not plan to retire from Malware testing any time soon. My last (and probably only for years) infection took place on an ShadowDefender equipped environment, at that time I was still using the 30-days trial to see if it's worth it (that was the time the Hub changed from live testing - better said live scanning and SUDing to real malware tests as they are now - and only with a virtualization as additional layer of protection). I wanted to try out whether HMP.A (the paid version) and the Premium version of ZAM will be able to protect the system against being infected [my main AV, QTS360 was turned off so not being able to block the infection, Windows UAC and or SmartScreen was ignored to open the file]. Unfortunately, they were not. I ran a harmless looking file (!) out of one of those MalwarePacks shared in the Hub, mentioned a strange process running, but even after 5 minutes, nothing happened, file obviously "broken". Context scan of the file revealed no sign of threat. So I decided to fire off both 2nd opinion scanners and leave to do something else while that. Luckily I had my system protected by ShadowDefender, as the "broken" file turned out to be a TeslaCrypt variant (the one adding nice .mp3 non-music extensions), not being broken in any way, but doing a great job in encrypting anything. I have to say that those 2nd opinion scanners did detect something malicious then, but it was too late. Of course, at that time I had everything backupped and ShadowDefender did a great job "turning back time" so no sign of the file nor the infection could be found after a restart, but that made me even more concious why playing with malware should be done a) at no time unobserved and b) with all possible protection measures. With that, you'll have great time at the Hub and bring joice to those Mods. EDIT: No offense against HMP(.A) (SurfRight) and Zemana (ZAM), I still use your products with joice and you're doing a great job :) EDIT 2: Thanks [USER=33155]@Inkurax[/USER] for sharing your story :) [/QUOTE]
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