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February 20, 2014, 11:12:01 AM |
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Hi all Encase you have not heard there is a new very deadly virus out, when your computer gets infected your files are encrypted with military grade encryption, there is no way to break it & you are held for ransom + if you do not pay within 3 days they delete the key and your files are lost forever, the virus is called crytolocker & it is not a joke i have seen it in action, stay safe make a system restore point, back up your files to an external drive and disconnect it, more info here : http://www.today.com/money/nasty-new-malware-locks-your-files-forever-unless-you-pay-8C11511655
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Amph
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February 20, 2014, 11:17:57 AM |
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backup + format c
gg any virus?
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February 20, 2014, 03:51:17 PM |
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So if I get infected by this somehow, can I go to a system restore point?
Will this fix the problem?
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February 20, 2014, 05:41:42 PM |
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these have been around for a long time now.. which is why idiots that download every wallet and run them should use their brains. malware such as keyloggers attached to wallet files have been posted here before i have seen it myself more than once.
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YourMine.org (OP)
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February 20, 2014, 05:51:46 PM |
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So if I get infected by this somehow, can I go to a system restore point?
Will this fix the problem?
Yes it will work and is the only thing that will work, how ever you still will want to back up the data then format.
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February 20, 2014, 05:58:02 PM Last edit: February 20, 2014, 06:25:09 PM by davidpbrown |
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So if I get infected by this somehow, can I go to a system restore point?
Will this fix the problem?
Yes it will work and is the only thing that will work, how ever you still will want to back up the data then format. It'll fix the virus but so would blowing up the computer. It's not the only solution relative to risk of losing wallets. For the coin wallets you need to keep backups frequently. Each time you do a transaction, there's a risk with some clients that they will spawn another ~100 addresses and previous backups might then miss new addresses holding change from sent transactions.
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February 20, 2014, 06:15:59 PM |
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Thanks for the heads up
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roslinpl
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February 20, 2014, 06:22:47 PM |
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Hi all Encase you have not heard there is a new very deadly virus out, when your computer gets infected your files are encrypted with military grade encryption, there is no way to break it & you are held for ransom + if you do not pay within 3 days they delete the key and your files are lost forever, the virus is called crytolocker & it is not a joke i have seen it in action, stay safe make a system restore point, back up your files to an external drive and disconnect it, more info here : http://www.today.com/money/nasty-new-malware-locks-your-files-forever-unless-you-pay-8C11511655Hmm... so like what? it is impossible to block my files there are so many ways to get data from a disk.. anyway better be careful. Firewall + antivirus (I recommend AVG)
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February 20, 2014, 06:41:04 PM |
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Cold wallet.
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roslinpl
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February 20, 2014, 06:41:38 PM |
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Cold wallet.
it is hard to use a cold wallet to operate with your money day by day
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February 20, 2014, 06:44:10 PM |
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Cold wallet.
it is hard to use a cold wallet to operate with your money day by day Yeah, but you should always have a wallet somewhere that you do occassional backup on.
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February 20, 2014, 07:04:52 PM |
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Hi all Encase you have not heard there is a new very deadly virus out, when your computer gets infected your files are encrypted with military grade encryption, there is no way to break it & you are held for ransom + if you do not pay within 3 days they delete the key and your files are lost forever, the virus is called crytolocker & it is not a joke i have seen it in action, stay safe make a system restore point, back up your files to an external drive and disconnect it, more info here : http://www.today.com/money/nasty-new-malware-locks-your-files-forever-unless-you-pay-8C11511655Hmm... so like what? it is impossible to block my files there are so many ways to get data from a disk.. No, there's not. You can't get that data back unless you have the passphrase or backups from before the files were encrypted. anyway better be careful. Firewall + antivirus (I recommend AVG)
There's no big harm in running software firewalls or antivirus, as long as you do not think you are safe because of them. Using antivirus is _not_ being careful: Being careful means not downloading random binaries from the internet.
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February 20, 2014, 07:10:47 PM |
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thanks for the info
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YourMine.org (OP)
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February 20, 2014, 07:18:14 PM |
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Hi all Encase you have not heard there is a new very deadly virus out, when your computer gets infected your files are encrypted with military grade encryption, there is no way to break it & you are held for ransom + if you do not pay within 3 days they delete the key and your files are lost forever, the virus is called crytolocker & it is not a joke i have seen it in action, stay safe make a system restore point, back up your files to an external drive and disconnect it, more info here : http://www.today.com/money/nasty-new-malware-locks-your-files-forever-unless-you-pay-8C11511655Hmm... so like what? it is impossible to block my files there are so many ways to get data from a disk.. No, there's not. You can't get that data back unless you have the passphrase or backups from before the files were encrypted. anyway better be careful. Firewall + antivirus (I recommend AVG)
There's no big harm in running software firewalls or antivirus, as long as you do not think you are safe because of them. Using antivirus is _not_ being careful: Being careful means not downloading random binaries from the internet. Quite true that also includes using an online mail system to open email data if your av does not scan it, also my experience the viruses that have done the most damage have been undetected by av software.
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February 20, 2014, 07:19:51 PM |
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Thanks
Regular backups are a pain to do, but vital.
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February 20, 2014, 08:00:28 PM |
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roslinpl
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February 20, 2014, 08:25:08 PM |
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I never do backups I never had any virus that destroyed anything ...
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YourMine.org (OP)
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February 21, 2014, 01:03:38 AM |
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Yes your right but only now has it become so sophisticated that you can not get round it.
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Amph
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February 21, 2014, 08:20:29 AM |
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Thanks
Regular backups are a pain to do, but vital.
wut? you just drag your file to an external hd , so simple lol
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Snard
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February 21, 2014, 04:19:17 PM |
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Yes your right but only now has it become so sophisticated that you can not get round it.
Not sure where you are getting your info, but it has not changed much since it was launched. The only change and that was over a month and half ago was the decryption service on tor.
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