New virus seeks 'ransom' for computer files (AFP)

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New virus seeks 'ransom' for computer files (AFP) Technophobe 03-15-2006
Posted by Technophobe on March 15, 2006, 1:40 pm
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AFP - In the equivalent of a holdup in cyberspace, a new computer bug
locks up a user's file with encryption and demands a 300-dollar
"ransom," security experts say.


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Posted by tim on March 15, 2006, 4:34 pm
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On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 13:40:01 -0500, Technophobe wrote:

> AFP - In the equivalent of a holdup in cyberspace, a new computer bug
> locks up a user's file with encryption and demands a 300-dollar
> "ransom," security experts say.

Ya know, it would sure be nice if you posted a website to go along with
your little announcements. Something like
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.cryzip.html
would be more helpful than your blurb
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tim

Posted by David H. Lipman on March 15, 2006, 4:45 pm
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|
| Ya know, it would sure be nice if you posted a website to go along with
| your little announcements. Something like
| http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.cryzip.html
| would be more helpful than your blurb

I totally agree. This idiot keeps posting current events w/o posting a URL.
Some of these
posts are Off Topic and that Web Forum to UseNet gateway sucks as well. Example;
"...user's..."

When you get down to it, this is NOT new. We saw this activity in 2005 and it
was described
in an IEEE paper ~10 years ago. It's called cryptovirology.

June '05 news article:
http://www.newsfactor.com/news/Ransomware--Learning-from-Cryptovirology-/story.xhtml?story_id=00200070HC0G


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Posted by x on March 15, 2006, 7:42 pm
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David H. Lipman wrote:
>
>
> |
> | Ya know, it would sure be nice if you posted a website to go along with
> | your little announcements. Something like
> | http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/trojan.cryzip.html
> | would be more helpful than your blurb
>
> I totally agree. This idiot keeps posting current events w/o posting a URL.
Some of these
> posts are Off Topic and that Web Forum to UseNet gateway sucks as well.
Example;
> "...user's..."
>
> When you get down to it, this is NOT new. We saw this activity in 2005 and it
was described
> in an IEEE paper ~10 years ago. It's called cryptovirology.
>
> June '05 news article:
>
http://www.newsfactor.com/news/Ransomware--Learning-from-Cryptovirology-/story.xhtml?story_id=00200070HC0G
>
> this is the link:
http://news.com.com/Trojan+Cryzip+extorts+decryption+fee/2100-7349_3-6049449.html?tag=cd.top

Posted by David H. Lipman on March 15, 2006, 8:19 pm
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http://news.com.com/Trojan+Cryzip+extorts+decryption+fee/2100-7349_3-6049449.html?tag=cd.top

This is what Technophobe should have posted in the first place !

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Dave
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http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm



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