Nastiest Windows malware yet: Ransomware
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Nastiest Windows malware yet: Ransomware
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Re: Nastiest Windows malware yet: Ransomware
That's quite interesting, I suppose having regular backups is the only way around it and then restoring them...
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Re: Nastiest Windows malware yet: Ransomware
Most companies would back up their Data at least every night. However in Russia or China where thy rarely even use original software it might be a threat but I don't really mind since they don't give a shit in the first place.
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Re: Nastiest Windows malware yet: Ransomware
Sounds like a distributed business model

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Re: Nastiest Windows malware yet: Ransomware
I work for a large corporation and they don't back up anything from workstations. We have network shares to use and personal network storage which gets backed up. I imagine file rights would keep it from getting too out of control. I wonder if a Windows user would notice the computer slow down while encrypting? Or would they just think it's part of the Windows experience,
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