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Nancy Howell

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There is a new computer virus that encrypts all the files on your computer. Then you get a "ransom" message. You have to pay $300 to get a code that will remove the encryption. At least you really get a code that will remove the encryption. Without it, you cannot access any files on your computer. The virus is very sophisticated and even encrypts any back up files located on your computer. They have dubbed this "ransomware".

Some of the anti-virus programs figured out where the virus files were located and sent out updates that were able to block them, but the virus has been modified and can now evade the blocks.

Here's what to look for right now - Watch out for emails with a zip file. "Abrams said it appears the password “PaSdIaoQ” is the same for everyone. Open that attachment and your files are toast."

The originators are very smart and once they figure out the password has become known, they will change it. But for now, that's all we have.
 
do a google search of “PaSdIaoQ”. Many recent posts alerting of this "password" being used. Cant verify its validity. Bill
 
use a external hard drive to back up your files then unplug it from your computer. they cannot encrypt those files as the backup is not plugged in, you can then recover your files if you do get this, just be sure to get rid of the virus before you recover your files.

frank
 
Another windows virus??? surprise?? That's why I switched to Apple a few years back. My Mac has a real operating system..UNIX, not the junk you find running windows..
 
OK guys, wanna know why very few attacks are made against Apple? It's because Apple is about 7% of the market. So the jerks who write these viruses don't bather with them.

1. If you don't recognize the sender DO NOT OPEN THE EMAIL AT ALL! Just delete it.

2. If someone you know sends a "forward" DON"T OPEN IT!

It's pretty simple. Just be careful. My SIL loves to send forwards. To every one in her contact list. She spends a good deal of money every year getting viruses cleaned out of her computer. Any time she send me or my wife a "forward" or a "you should read this and pass it on" we delete it and call her and tell her not to forward stuff to us.

Rick
 
I had a call from one of our dealers from Canada.
I guess he got that virus and can't us his computer to order from us and had me enter it for him.
 
We have had a similar virus twice in the last 2 months.The computer locks on a screen supposedly from the Association of Ontario Chiefs of Police.You are advised that your computer has been to illegal adult sites and to unlock you have to pay a $100 fine.The second time it came through an email from my daughter in law.She wasn"t affected but passed it on unknowingly.Besides having all the traits of a scam the Chiefs of Police apparently can"t spell.
 
Posted about this same virus a month or so back. In my case I was trying to download info off a site and got an official looking message telling me I needed the latest JAVA upgrade to download the files. Not the first time I"ve gotten messages like that because it happens all the time with the everyday, basic programs like Adobe due to the system on the other end being upgraded and the info being in the upgraded format. So, I followed the prompts and proceeded to download a nice virus instead. Cost me $100 to get my computer wiped and reprogramed with Windows 7 (((would much rather have XP back)))) and now I"ve also got to buy the new software to replace all of the Office programs I had also. Don"t know the total cost yet, but I"d love to take my share of it out on someone"s A$$...........
 
I'm "bum-fuzzeled"about risk of opening an email.
I thought opening the mail can't import a virus. My understanding has been that you must click a link,picture or attachment within the email in order to get the virus. Which is it?
I completly agree that fowards are rude behavior when sent to all on a mailing list. If I sent you somthing about tractors,what are the odds everyone on your list would want to see it?
 
(quoted from post at 13:49:05 11/14/13) Another Windows virus? What a surprise!

...yawn...
Click to expand...
This one's slick Mark, if you haven't seen it.
It looks like the FBI/CIA virus that wants you to send $300.
But this one literally uses "military grade" encryption and
encrypts all your personal files.
You can still use your computer and even remove the virus,
but your personal files are still encrypted so you can't open them.
Of course, without the key you can never decrypt them.
I haven't seen any word yet on whether or not they actually
give you the key if you pay the $300. I'd guess not.

Someone already said it, but for us Windows users a detached
backup is the current best advice, just in case you get infected.

Odds are the author is a teen in a foreign country!
 
The viruses you really have to worry about are the ones you don't see. There's at least one case where a financial institution was defrauded of over a million bucks because an employee used a computer infected with a keystroke logger.

One researcher has claimed to have discovered a virus which infects the PC's BIOS. If true, this is particularly troubling because it could infect across multiple operating systems and be undetectable by any anti-malware tools available today.
 
I run my farm business on a computer that is separate from the one I have connected to the internet. If I need to share/forward a file, I copy it to a flash drive, move the flash drive to the computer connected to the internet, forward the file and then remove the flash drive.

I still don't open emails from strangers and am careful about forwarded or forwarding emails. I make generous use of the delete button.
 
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