Cryptolocker ransomed my pc!

Started by Yskonyn, March 08, 2014, 11:41:17 AM

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Yskonyn

I dont think Cryptolocker nests into the BIOS. At least I do not read anything about that, do you have a link with more info on this, eyebiter?

My system is up an running again after a format. Luckily nothing was destroyed which could not be replaced.
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Mr. Bigglesworth

I used to have this awesome gaming motherboard with 2 bioses. If one failed you would flip a connection to the backup. MSI IIRC.
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Swatter

I have a Dropbox account where everything stored within the Dropbox directory is automatically backed up online. Another arrow in your quiver of defense.

I think Bitcoin is very scary. How else can one be extorted from anywhere in the world with impunity? Why it is so in vogue these days?

From wiki:

"A 2012 case study report by the European Central Bank noted that Bitcoin shares some, but not all, characteristics of Ponzi schemes and concluded that "it [is not] easy to assess whether or not the Bitcoin system actually works like a pyramid or Ponzi scheme."[134]"

"According to Mark T. Williams of Boston University, bitcoin is over 7 times as volatile as gold and over 8 times as volatile as the S&P 500"


Bitcoin at best seems to be a risky investment, at worst a untraceable way to rip anyone off in the world.





Mr. Bigglesworth

I would never go anywhere near a bitcoin. At least fiat currencies issued by countries are backed by the desire of that country to appear stable.
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Staggerwing

Quote from: Swatter on March 09, 2014, 04:01:13 PM
I have a Dropbox account where everything stored within the Dropbox directory is automatically backed up online. Another arrow in your quiver of defense.

The page Eyebiter linked says that your Dropbox folders might still get infected if you have the online folders mapped as network drives.
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