[2016-05-19] Your money or your files: the growing threat of ransomware

[trinaldao]

The first wave of emotions, victims say, is a combination of panic and powerlessness. They click and reclick on files on their desktops – agendas for a weekend Christian camp, payroll data for hundreds of teachers or medical information for veterans – to no avail. Someone, or something, has converted the files to foreign MP3 files or an encrypted RSA format. And, next to these unopenable files, the victims get a ransom note in a text file or HTML file: “Help_Decrypt_Your_Files".



http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/your-money-or-your-files-the-growing-threat-of-ransomware-a7035421.html

[Caladonian]

The first wave of emotions, victims say, is a combination of panic and powerlessness. They click and reclick on files on their desktops – agendas for a weekend Christian camp, payroll data for hundreds of teachers or medical information for veterans – to no avail. Someone, or something, has converted the files to foreign MP3 files or an encrypted RSA format. And, next to these unopenable files, the victims get a ransom note in a text file or HTML file: “Help_Decrypt_Your_Files".



http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/your-money-or-your-files-the-growing-threat-of-ransomware-a7035421.html

Thank you mate for giving this important info about this ransome ware I think it can't be detected by simple av and the damage that it can be done to the victim can be very high risk, I personally don't have much knowledge about this particular attack so I'll be diligent to keep on reading about it and how this particular attack to be avoided from my computer. again thank you Mate.