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General Topics => Off Topic => Topic started by: Jl808 on January 11, 2014, 05:02:01 PM

Title: Warning: cryptolocker - a really bad ransomware
Post by: Jl808 on January 11, 2014, 05:02:01 PM: Be very careful of getting infected with this one. It is a really bad one.

If you get infected, it encrypts your data and won't decrypt it unless you pay the ransom. Not paying soon enough will get your stolen data sold to anyone willing to pay.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CryptoLocker

Make sure you have an offline backup of your important data in case you ever do get hit by it.
Title: Re: Warning: cryptolocker - a really bad ransomware
Post by: macsak on January 11, 2014, 05:16:15 PM: Quote from: Jl808 on January 11, 2014, 05:02:01 PM
Be very careful of getting infected with this one. It is a really bad one.

If you get infected, it encrypts your data and won't decrypt it unless you pay the ransom. Not paying soon enough will get your stolen data sold to anyone willing to pay.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CryptoLocker (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CryptoLocker)

Make sure you have an offline backup of your important data in case you ever do get hit by it.

i've been getting a lot of these lately
http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=80353&sid=7c117a98a5199d399f7417b1007a9825 (http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=80353&sid=7c117a98a5199d399f7417b1007a9825)
Title: Warning: cryptolocker - a really bad ransomware
Post by: Jl808 on January 11, 2014, 05:23:13 PM: Yeah be careful of ads with malware payloads while web / Facebook browsing, or of suspicious email attachments or web links.