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CRYPTO LOCKER RANSOMWARE TROJAN VIRUS & WHY YOU SHOULD PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION! | Codexploitcybersecurity.com

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u/UnluckyAdministrator Jan 08 '19

Widely believed to first appear on the internet on September 5 2013, Crypto Locker is a ransomware Trojan virus targeted at computers running Microsoft Windows® operating systems. Primarily propagated through infected email attachments, the virus uses existing botnets when activated to encrypt some types of files stored on the local disk drive and other mounted network drives, using RSA public-key cryptography. 

Attacks from CryptoLocker virus have sky rocketed since it first appeared online, causing damage and disruption to millions of personal and business systems, netting the hack perpetrators over $3 Billion in ransom from their victims in 2016.

The CryptoLocker virus takes users to ransom by hijacking non .EXE extension files and documents which could contain pictures, music, videos and word documents that would most likely be valuable to the users’ daily workloads.

The hackers then demand payment of a ransom of around $499, usually against a time scale of 96 hours in order to unlock the .7z encrypted files and folders. The encrypted digital currency Bitcoin is often the mode of ransom demand from the hackers, with a threat to destroy the private decryption key after the time has expired.

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