This is the first news.

It seems a lie but it is true that it happens today, but it is a reality that computers continue to be infected with computer viruses. The last We have an example with the ineffable EMOTET that is causing havoc since October this year. Why does this happen? The reality is much harsher than accept what it seems. The vast majority of people, does not have a antivirus on your computer. Not even a free antivirus.

During this week we have had calls of approximately the 20% of our clients telling us that, at the same time, their own clients were indicating that emails with old conversations. These emails were nothing more than EMOTET doing the his.

What is Emotet?

Emotet is a powerful Trojan that infects computers and does with email credentials. After, send messages to our contacts with excerpts from old messages, including subject, with the intent to confuse the recipient into opening the attachment and getting infected too. The funny thing is that his level of development is really sophisticated, already that the emails that are received usually refer to invoices or estimates. Upon receiving them, It seems strange to us that our client sends us an old conversation, but we can fall into the error due to carelessness or ignorance of open the file. In fact, if we have something as simple as AVAST in our computer, that email that we have received will not go any further. If we use gmail mail, for example, the same application will be in charge of striking that infected email.

The real problem

The big problem is not us, if we have infected our computers. Just download an antivirus and put it on March, we will have gotten rid of Emotet. The problem remains on the internet, where, from some remote server, a malware will keep sending emails electronic messages to all our clients… At this point, what can we do?

How can I remove Emotet?

If you suspect that you have been infected by Emotet, do not scared. If your computer is connected to a network, isolate it immediately. Once isolated, proceed to clean the infected system. But it's not over yet. Due to the way Emotet spreads over the network, a clean computer can be reinfected when reconnected to an infected network. There are to clean each computer on your network one by one. It is a tedious process, but there is to do it.

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