![]() ![]() There isn't a person on earth that would want a virus on their computer, but there are particularly nasty ones that many dread. If payments are not received in three days victims are usually given a second opportunity to pay a much higher ransom to get their files back. They speculate that the new strand is simply using CryptoLocker as a base.Ĭryptolocker 2.0 demands that payments be paid in the form of Bitcoins. Some experts believe that CyrptoLocker 2.0 is not an extension of the CryptoLocker ransomware, but, may, be a copycat. Once files are locked, Cryptolocker 2.0 then threatens to delete the private key needed to unlock the files if payment is not received within three days. ![]() CryptoLocker 2.0 uses 1024 bit RSA key pair uploaded to a command-and-control server, which it uses it to encrypt or lock files with certain extensions and delete the originals. ![]() CryptoLocker 2.0 is the second version of CryptoLocker, a particularly nasty ransomware virus that had infected over 200,000 computer systems. ![]()
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