CryptoLocker: your money or your life

Supplied by Webroot Pty Ltd on Wednesday, 18 December, 2013


A new form of malware called CryptoLocker has recently been identified. It is designed to extort money from victims by denying them access to their personal computer files. It targets all Windows operating systems and once infiltrated, files are destroyed unless a ransom is paid.

Download this white paper for more information on this new form of ‘ransomware’ and how the Webroot SecureAnywhere solution can help. 


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