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Great Rumbler

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CryptoLocker!
« on: November 04, 2013, 12:32:43 AM »
The trouble with CryptoLocker is not so much in removing the malware — that process appears to be surprisingly trivial in most cases. The real bummer is that all of your important files — pictures, documents, movies, MP3s — will remain scrambled with virtually unbreakable encryption unless and until you pay the ransom demand, which can range from $100 to $300

Yikes, this sounds pretty horrible, hope I never...

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Re: CryptoLocker!
« Reply #1 on: November 04, 2013, 01:18:53 AM »
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CryptoLocker is not so much in removing the malware — that process appears to be surprisingly trivial in most cases. The real bummer is that all of your important files — pictures, documents, movies, MP3s — will remain scrambled with virtually unbreakable encryption unless and until you pay the ransom demand, which can range from $100 to $300


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Re: CryptoLocker!
« Reply #2 on: November 04, 2013, 08:39:27 AM »
jokes on them - I don't have any important files.

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Re: CryptoLocker!
« Reply #3 on: November 04, 2013, 08:59:24 AM »
Yep, we sent out a company wide email that basically said, "If you are stupid enough to get this shit on your computer, don't cry when you lose everything. We will not try to fix it. We will format it."
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Re: CryptoLocker!
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2013, 02:03:59 PM »
Yep, we sent out a company wide email that basically said, "If you are stupid enough to get this shit on your computer, don't cry when you lose everything. We will not try to fix it. We will format it."

Map sure to get rid of all shortcuts and mapped drives to your servers.

If it sees it, it'll encrypt all that as well.

Forgot to mention that part:

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Unfortunately, if your backup drives are connected physically or via the local network to the PC that gets infected with CryptoLocker, your backups may also be encrypted as well.
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Re: CryptoLocker!
« Reply #5 on: November 04, 2013, 02:30:35 PM »
They sent out a warning the day this was breaking in the news a couple weeks ago. Apparently an entirely project's files were lost. I don't actually see how just one project folder would be affected, and things are supposedly backed up nightly, but that's what it said.
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