[clamav-users] ClamAV vs WannaCry

[Wirth Ervin]

I am using Windows 7 (on notebook) and 10 (on PC).
When there was the worldwide peak of WannaCry,
it was interesting to see it mostly affected older Windows versions, 
like 7 (at my workplace).

I was thinking to pick ClamAV, since I've seen that some popular AV 
softwares like Malwarebytes (the first one detected WannaCry)
put the Malware/Ransomware protection to their Premium package.

On 9/11/2020 2:14 PM, Al Varnell via clamav-users wrote:
> I'm a macOS user, so cannot give you a definitive answer, but at the 
> time it was so common that I can't imagine that all necessary 
> signatures for the original and all subsequent variants were added 
> years ago.
>
> I'm also under the impression that most versions of Windows OS have 
> been patched to prevent it, including some that were End Of Life.
>
> And kill switch domains were obtained for all but the most recent 
> version, making those unable to encrypt or spread.
>
> -Al-
>
>> On Sep 11, 2020, at 04:08, Wirth Ervin via clamav-users 
>> <clamav-users at lists.clamav.net 
>> <mailto:clamav-users at lists.clamav.net>> wrote:
>>
>> Dear ClamAV Users,
>>
>> I was looking after "Does ClamAV catch WannaCry malware?" on Google,
>> but I haven't found any significant answer about this.
>>
>> Could you answer?
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Ervin Wirth
>
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