[Flashorn]

Hey Everyone!

There is a new malware (ransomware) making the rounds. Please make sure you BackUp
your important files and keep you Anti-Virus and MalwareBytes' up-to-date.



It is emulating the US Gov. and it's failed SOPA law which was never instituted as law.

If infected, there is almost no way to clean it out other than to re-install Windows.
It seems that this ransomware is targeting only Windows for now.

Please make sure all your important files are either backed up to DVDs or on an cloud based locker.



FLASHORN.

[coastie65]

Geez. Pretty good though, but not quite. There are some tell tale screw ups.

[Flashorn]

coastie65, on 08 October 2012 - 03:00 PM, said:

Geez. Pretty good though, but not quite. There are some tell tale screw ups.

Hey coastie !

Yes but, to the untrained eye, that message says "I caught you and now you're screwed"

The only other way to clean it out is by taking the HDD out and plugging it in an other
computer as a slave. From there MalwareBytes' can do it's thing and the clean up can
begin. Only a few files have been found to disrupt the OS but, enough that it becomes
unusable.

Side note : Have the notebook but, have to let the new UPS charge up before I can connect.

Tomorrow, I hope!!


FLASHORN.

[LiveBrianD]

Hopefully this is one of those things where you can escape it by killing the web browser, and not downloading anything that it asks you to.

[Flashorn]

LiveBrianD, on 09 October 2012 - 04:59 PM, said:

Hopefully this is one of those things where you can escape it by killing the web browser, and not downloading anything that it asks you to.

No it's not Brian.

You get infected or ransomed by simply visiting a web page.

Don't know which one and frankly, really don't want to know
as I just don't know how you would get HDD out of a notebook
(well, I know how but, not everyone has an enclosure at the ready)
if I was a normal user and not a person who knows his/her way around
notebooks.

Better to have all data backed up just in case.



FLASHORN.

[LiveBrianD]

I wonder how susceptible Chrome users are to this, with its' sandboxing.

[Flashorn]

LiveBrianD, on 09 October 2012 - 07:37 PM, said:

I wonder how susceptible Chrome users are to this, with its' sandboxing.

Depends on how leak proof that sandbox is. I don't use Chrome so,
couldn't tell you.



FLASHORN.

[MissBytes]

HEY can MSE be enough to protect

[compnovo]

MissBytes, on 10 October 2012 - 12:14 AM, said:

HEY can MSE be enough to protect

That's all we've been running in my house (four PCs) and it's been doing a good job.
Your results may vary.

[LiveBrianD]

I'd like to see if I can find a site that has this, so I can try it in a VM (just to be safe, one running on the old Pentium 4 box I don't care about, without VMware additions installed.

This post has been edited by LiveBrianD: 10 October 2012 - 09:00 AM

[MissBytes]

compnovo, on 10 October 2012 - 06:29 AM, said:

MissBytes, on 10 October 2012 - 12:14 AM, said:

HEY can MSE be enough to protect

That's all we've been running in my house (four PCs) and it's been doing a good job.
Your results may vary.

Nice, so I've a genuine recommendation now...thanks...

[LiveBrianD]

Another recommendation for MSE here.

This post has been edited by LiveBrianD: 10 October 2012 - 01:13 PM