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#1 2013-11-13 02:32:40

Agnishom
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CryptoLocker

Have any of you heard of cryptolocker yet?


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#2 2013-11-13 05:38:40

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Re: CryptoLocker

Hi;

Yes, I have. They are copying another guys work.


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#3 2013-11-13 13:21:10

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Re: CryptoLocker

Which guy? By the way, if everything on the internet can be tracked, why can't we trace the location of their server?


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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#4 2013-11-13 13:24:22

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Re: CryptoLocker

We can not, nor can we crack their code. But do you imagine that what we know is the state of the art? The original guy was tracked as was the latest one. In both cases they were not prosecuted, they have powerful friends.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#5 2013-11-13 13:38:31

Agnishom
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Re: CryptoLocker

What original guy?


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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#6 2013-11-13 13:44:57

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Re: CryptoLocker

There was a guy in 1990 or so who came up with the very same thing. They tracked him down and he was tried.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#7 2013-11-13 14:18:44

Agnishom
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Re: CryptoLocker

link please?


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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#8 2013-11-13 14:21:28

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Re: CryptoLocker

I am looking for it. I remember reading about it a long time ago.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#9 2013-11-13 16:09:25

Agnishom
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Re: CryptoLocker

Okay.

What is your advise to the ordinary people against the CryptoLocker?
(apart from asking them to be less ordinary)


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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#10 2013-11-13 16:11:43

bobbym
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Re: CryptoLocker

Same as always, good AV protection, good firewall, do not open attachments. stay away from questionable sites for a while, backup important data, sandbox the browser...


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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#11 2013-11-13 16:12:59

Agnishom
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Re: CryptoLocker

How will I sandbox the browser? With a Virtual Machine?


'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.

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#12 2013-11-13 16:15:47

bobbym
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Re: CryptoLocker

There are two of those that are invulnerable but also some AV's have them now but undoubtedly for Windows, Sandboxie is best.


In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.

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