CryptoWall experience?

2014-12-22 Thread Alex Regan
Hi all, I suspect at least one of my customers has been hit with CryptoWall 2.0, and wondered if anyone had any experience with it, and understand the level of protection the latest SA provides? What can I look for either in the mail logs or actual email archives as an indication of

Re: CryptoWall experience?

2014-12-22 Thread jdow
SA offers no protection whatsoever for CryptoWall or any other similar malware. ClamAV is the tool for that if you want free. SA is only a classifier. The user's setup or that of the ISP using SA uses that classification to pigeonhole spam. To the extent that CryptoWall comes in a message that

Re: CryptoWall experience?

2014-12-22 Thread Noel Butler
On 23/12/2014 12:00, jdow wrote: And ClamAV is better than nothing. Safe browsing is more pertinent. Dual AV programs also help, but slow the machine down dramatically. Some of the newer tools that use other levels of analysis from typical AV tools can also materially help. I wouldn't

Re: CryptoWall experience?

2014-12-22 Thread jdow
On 2014-12-22 19:38, Noel Butler wrote: On 23/12/2014 12:00, jdow wrote: And ClamAV is better than nothing. Safe browsing is more pertinent. Dual AV programs also help, but slow the machine down dramatically. Some of the newer tools that use other levels of analysis from typical AV tools can