Extortion virus code gets cracked

Extortion virus code gets cracked

"To recover files, victims are asked to buy drugs online
Do not panic if your data is hidden by virus writers demanding a ransom.

Poor programming has allowed anti-virus companies to discover the password
to retrieve the hijacked data inside a virus that has claimed at least one
UK victim.

The Archiveus virus caught out British nurse Helen Barrow and swapped her
data with a password-protected file.

The virus is the latest example of so-called "ransomware" that tries to
extort cash from victims."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5038330.stm

--imhotep


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MSCE = "(M)ust (C)all (S)omeone (E)lse
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