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FYI…
- http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/162
2006-03-14
"Ransomware is back. A security firm has found, what it characterized as, the third known case of a program holding data for ransom. The malicious program searches for 44 different types of files, encrypts them, and then leaves a note for the user to pay $300 for the password to recover the files, according to an analysis by security firm LURHQ*… The latest Trojan to hold people's data hostage has a fatal flaw. The password for all systems is the same and is stored in plaintext on the victim's system, according to LURHQ. The password is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98 ."
* http://www.lurhq.com/cryzip.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/162
2006-03-14
"Ransomware is back. A security firm has found, what it characterized as, the third known case of a program holding data for ransom. The malicious program searches for 44 different types of files, encrypts them, and then leaves a note for the user to pay $300 for the password to recover the files, according to an analysis by security firm LURHQ*… The latest Trojan to hold people's data hostage has a fatal flaw. The password for all systems is the same and is stored in plaintext on the victim's system, according to LURHQ. The password is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98 ."
* http://www.lurhq.com/cryzip.html