What's in a Name? <maxwachtel@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
news:484ddb84$0$3386$4c368faf@roadrunner.com:
> On 6/9/2008 7:17 PM, Dustin Cook after much thought,came up with this
> jewel:
>> What's in a Name? <maxwachtel@nomail.afraid.org> wrote in
>> news:484d77aa$0 $3349$4c368faf@roadrunner.com:
>>
>>> Has everyone heard about this one?
>>>
>>> From ZDNet
>>> "Virus analysts at Kaspersky Lab have intercepted a new variant of
>>> Gpcode, a malicious virus that encrypts important files on an
>>> infected desktop and demands payment for a key to recover the data."
>>>
>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1251&tag=nl.e539
>>>
>>> max
>>
>> I haven't seen this one, but this has been done before.....
>>
>>
> Seems that VXers have been busy the last 18 months. If this one starts
> spreading, only working backups can save you.
Yea, the chances of breaking the encryption are remote; and even if it's
done, they just need to change the encryption key and people are right
back to square one.
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