Has the Bleeping Computers Malware Removal Course been discontinued?

Edited by PositiveAssist, 10 March 2024 - 02:16 PM.

I know it has been discontinued, I don't know why.

I am pretty sure more people would, I hope some of the moderators and/or instructors can give more details.

For the majority of home users such as seen in this forum, malware removal isn't as big concern as it was say for example 20 years ago. Or even 10 years ago.

As for industry and business it is still an issue. 

User security awareness is very good or has at least improved over the years, that leaky and malware collecting Internet Explorer isn't the default browser anymore, web site coding has improved including security aspects, and the Windows operating system has become more secure.

A Windows operating system that can now reinstall itself that wipes out the old system and then starts a user with a new install has become often the 'goto' method for some home users.

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• Detecting Malware With Memory Forensics
• Dr. Fu's Security Blog...Malware Analysis Tutorials: a Reverse Engineering Approach
• Practical Malware Analysis
• 5 Steps to Building a Malware Analysis Toolkit
• Cuckoo Sandbox: Automated Malware Analysis
• Practical Malware Analysis: The Hands-On Guide to Dissecting Malicious Software
• Analyzing Ransomware - Completing a FULL Analysis
• Analyzing Ransomware Video - Dumping a CryptoAPI Keygen
• Anatomy of a ransomware attack
• Ransomware identification for the judicious analyst
• Anatomy of a drive-by download web attack
• Anatomy of Exploit Kits and drive-by download attacks

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• Linux Malware Threat Hunting Primer - Part I
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