http://www.today.com/money/nasty-new-malware-locks-your-files-forever-unless-you-pay-8C11511655
Quite new.
You get infected and it encrypts your files. If you remove the infection the files stay encrypted forever. Apparently your Livedrive / Dropbox / Cloud whatever will be encrypted too.
So you have to pay £300 within 4 days. Or about £3000 after that. Payment does decrypt the files.
You must prevent infection in the first place. The smug gits have actually set up a Customer Service website to aid the payment process.
Not all AV is picking it up yet, but Malwarebytes Pro and Comodo are claiming full protection(!) from it.
Back up those files boys and girls, and maybe keep a nice chunky HDD unplugged unless you really need it.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
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just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
You get 15gig of storage with each google account so if you have the patience you can upload a system image to the cloud (mine usually come in at around 10-12gig).
I read about this malware a while ago but (touch wood) I'm fairly secure at home, do a lot of stuff in sandboxes / virtual machines and don't visit dodgy websites so most of this stuff passes me by.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein