DEEJAYKEG Posted September 1, 2014 Member ID: 1238 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4984 Achievement Points: 50727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Device: Kindle Fire Share Posted September 1, 2014 Despite the authorities' success against one ransomware threat, others remain including Cryptowall - said to have infected 625,000 computers worldwide. This article describes the threat, how machines typically become infected and the precautions one can take to minimise risk of infection. http://www.tomshardware.com/news/cryptolocker-cryptowall-ransomware-malware-viruses,27576.html#xtor=RSS-998 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
JohnnyNashville Posted September 1, 2014 Member ID: 25938 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 21 Topic Count: 343 Topics Per Day: 0.14 Content Count: 1493 Content Per Day: 0.59 Reputation: 284 Achievement Points: 13299 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/17/17 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 25, 2022 Birthday: 08/08/1961 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Thanks for posting!! http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/cryptowall-ransomware-information Not being parinode...but I am backing up all my photos to a thumbdrive as I type...my games should be safe in Steam and Origin everything else not to worried about. JN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyNashville Posted September 1, 2014 Member ID: 25938 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 21 Topic Count: 343 Topics Per Day: 0.14 Content Count: 1493 Content Per Day: 0.59 Reputation: 284 Achievement Points: 13299 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/17/17 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 25, 2022 Birthday: 08/08/1961 Share Posted September 1, 2014 If I disabled my back up drives in bio that should protect would that protect them? Really don't want to unplug the power to them... Thoughts? JN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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