[pchelpers] Ransomeware
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- Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 04:20:07 +0100
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,174-2207341,00.htmlThe Times =
June 02, 2006=20
'Ransom' web virus code cracked
By Helen Nugent=20
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Internet experts have cracked the code needed to break a new =
computer virus that holds users' files to ransom
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"Ransomware" allows hackers to encrypt files on personal =
computers. Victims are told that they will receive a password to unlock =
the data if they pay for drugs from an online pharmacy.=20
Ransomware appeared in the US this year. The latest version, =
known as Archiveus, emerged in Britain last month. Now IT workers at =
SophoLabs, part of the global antivirus company Sophos, say that they =
have discovered the password.=20
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Sophos says that it is =
mf2lro8sw03ufvnsq034jfowr18f3cszc20vmw. Graham Cluley, a senior =
technology consultant for Sophos, said that now it had been revealed, =
"there should be no reason for anyone hit by this Ransomware attack to =
have to make any payments to the criminals behind it".
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