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- Dec 17, 2000
Saw this:
http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33392
And it surprised me that Kaspersky says it may be impossible to deal with soon.
Also searched he with no results..
Basicly, the payload does not zombie your PC, Del or Damage anything.
However what it does do is hold your PC hostage.
How it seems to be doing this would be once you get hit, it then moves onto encrypt files on your system. A randsom note is left behind with instructions on how to pay money to the attacker to get the key to decrypt you files.
So you either pay up, or have to try your luck breaking the encryption, more than likly losing everything.
http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33392
And it surprised me that Kaspersky says it may be impossible to deal with soon.
Also searched he with no results..
Basicly, the payload does not zombie your PC, Del or Damage anything.
However what it does do is hold your PC hostage.
How it seems to be doing this would be once you get hit, it then moves onto encrypt files on your system. A randsom note is left behind with instructions on how to pay money to the attacker to get the key to decrypt you files.
So you either pay up, or have to try your luck breaking the encryption, more than likly losing everything.