

Hackers are utilizing the remote control software AnyDesk and TeamViewer to install ransomware that locks or deletes all files on the computer and connected servers. These are not approved remote management solutions and the ISO is actively quarantining systems that are using them. Please be aware there is an uptick in ransomware attacks across our University and the world such as the recent meat packing hack. Please see this page for all Print Nightmare documentation: Ransomware/AnyDesk/TeamViewer/FileZilla

I blamed Microsoft, and number of other sites for their malicious ads until I was able to nail these "ad" trojans arriving with each FZ update. As far as I was concerned, this adware was leading me to malware. The 'surprise' page was giving me a message that my McAfee is about to expire, and follow the link (no McAfee on my system). I decided to let one through and see what the page was, (after first reading about false positives in these forums). Norton would stop my browser before landing on that page and identify it as a malicious site. Seemed MS Edge was it's favourite judging by the frequency it happened with that browser. Web browser pages being switched without prompt or warning, and at random. You do get adware and this was my experience. Yes there is no malware, but there is a caveat on this.
