Friday, October 7, 2016

Say NO to Ammy admin- The source of Ransomware !

Ammy admin- The website of the Popular desktop sharing tool Ammy admin is found to be spreading notorious Cerber3 Ransomware and Cryptowall 4.0 Ransomware.

It is an open secret that even reputed sites are used to spread malwares like this. And ammy admin website has come under the scanner before also for this activity .Ammy admin is a common remote desktop sharing tool used by engineers for sharing customer computer desktops for repair activity. And this software agent will be there in many computers as no one bother to remove it as there will be possibility of a future requirement.

Please take following precautions immediately.

1. Please avoid downloading and installing Ammy admin remote desktop tool from their website. Say no to Ammy admin even if your hardware support engineer ask you to do it. You may use other tools like team viewer in place of Ammy admin.

2. Look and Remove Ammy admin software agent installed in your computer. The presence of Ammy admin software agent is a threat and your system can be compromised at any point of time!

3. Never open any suspicious email attachments. Emails are also a major source of Ransomware malwares.

Remember prevention much better than cure in the case of ransomwares also.

Have a good day.

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