Kaspersky Lab on Friday showed that over 98% of all documented WannaCry infections were running versions of the Windows 7 operating system. We are unsure whether it is WannaCry, but our engineering department examined a computer on Friday with the most incredible virus we have ever seen. It was on a Windows 7 computer. Avast was up to date and said it was protecting the computer. The Avast software could quickly search for a virus, showing nothing. It could not, however, run a full scan. The operator was alerted that something was wrong when he followed my advice and tried to run Bitdefender Anti-Ransomware, which did not allow this software to run. Then, when he tried to run a competitor's antivirus software, the computer crashed. We have never before seen such a sophisticated virus. Whether it's WannaCry, we do not know as yet, but it's a strong possibility, which means it is in our marketspace.
Since AVG and Avast are the same now, I would say any user of either of these products is at risk.
Please follow my advice and try to run Bitdefender Anti-Ransomware and check your computer, particularly if you are using Windows 7. If Bitdefender Anti-Ransomware is deleted immediately after running, you are infected.
Update: After spending much of the weekend on this computer, we have not been able to determine what is infected, as it is quite phenomenal. The information has been sent to Avast. However, as the client needs his computer back, we are deleting everything and installing it as a Windows 10 computer.
