[NJARC] - CryptoLocker Virus Warning! ! !

[oldradio at comcast.net]

Here is an example why you should be very careful downloading "Zip" files, and make it a rule not to in the future.

Here's what I received this morning from my Windows-service...... (and it's on the news on TV tonight)

"" CryptoLocker is not making idle threats.

The other sign you've been hit: you can no longer open Office files, database files, and most other common documents on your system. When you try to do so, you get another warning, such as "Excel cannot open the file [filename] because the file format or file extension is not valid," as stated on a TechNet MS Excel Support Team blog.

As noted in a Reddit comment, CryptoLocker goes after dozens of file types such as .doc, .xls, .ppt, .pst, .dwg, .rtf, .dbf, .psd, .raw, and .pdf.

CryptoLocker attacks typically come in three ways:

1) Via an email attachment. For example, you receive an email from a shipping company you do business with. Attached to the email is a .zip file. Opening the attachment launches a virus that finds and encrypts all files you have access to — including those located on any attached drives or mapped network drives.

2) You browse a malicious website that exploits vulnerabilities in an out-of-date version of Java.

3) Most recently, you're tricked into downloading a malicious video driver or codec file.

There are no patches to undo CryptoLocker and, as yet, there's no clean-up tool — the only sure way to get your files back is to restore them from a backup. ""

You can read more at.....

   Read this newsletter at www.WindowsSecrets.com.

   http://windowssecrets.com/top-story/cryptolocker-a-particularly-pernicious-virus/

73, John Dilks, K2TQN


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