Virus writers continue to come up with ways to compromise your systems and extract money. This latest variant is interesting because it is a 'true' virus that infects lots of files with itself, making it very hard to remove. Open a JPG file? You re-infect your computer. Thankfully the files can be decrypted, unlike Cryptolocker, but an infection by this would still result in an extended downtime. Is your main computer backed up and secure? My ITXpert Premier customers get award winning antivirus protection, unlimited secure online backup, and access to our IT Xperts! See http://myitxpert.biz/ for more information!


Notes from SophosLabs: Ransomware with a difference – this one is a true virus!
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SophosLabs recently drew our attention to some new ransomware that is both interesting and intriguing. Unusually, this one is a true parasitic virus – it infects other files as well as scramblin…