*** Yet Another Reason to Have Offsite Data Backup ***
A new variant of Gpcode virus is out
and targeting all Windows systems.
It is a dangerous file-encryptor.
It encrypts a whole variety of user files, targeting
files with extensions such as DOC, TXT, PDF, XLS, JPG,
PNG, CPP, H etc using rsa encryption.
Once file encrypted it displayed following message on
screen demanding ransom:
Your files are encrypted with RSA-1024 algorithm.
To recovery your files you need to buy our
decryptor.
To buy decrypting tool contact us at:
********@yahoo.com
RSA-1024 algorithm / encryption is pretty strong and
any attempt to break it will result in nothing.
According to this blog posting it will take 5 million
modern computers to crack a key:
Along with antivirus companies around the world, we're
faced with the task of cracking the RSA 1024-bit key.
This is a huge cryptographic challenge. We estimate it
would take around 15 million modern computers, running
for about a year, to crack such a key...
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/gpcode-file-encryptor-ransomware-virus.html
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