Is there any record of the ransom virus on a Linux system? Harold On 06/19/2014 07:31 PM, sean wrote: > > I've only heard success stories (if you can even call it that). The > code can't be cryptographically cracked and it's been difficult to > track the authors. There were some leads for one group a week ago or > so, but I haven't followed it. It's a pretty lousy situation. > > On Jun 19, 2014 7:26 PM, "Ralph Prowell" > wrote: > > I've heard from a friend that talked to someone that paid the > ransom and they couldn't decrypt the files and he lost the files > and lost the money. Is anyone working on trying to either catch > these crooks or trying to crack their code? > > Ralph > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jun 19, 2014, at 9:20 PM, sean > wrote: > >> You have to pay or restore from a backup. You can't beat the >> encryption. >> >> On Jun 19, 2014 7:19 PM, "Ralph Prowell" > > wrote: >> >> Just recently a friend of mine opened an outlook message that >> asked her to download a program that turned out to be a >> ransom virus and has encrypted all of her Microsoft office >> files and are wanting her to pay a ransom of $500 to get her >> files back. >> >> Has anyone had any success in retrieving these ransom files >> from an infected machine? If so please contact me if you >> have any ideas how to retrieve these files. >> >> Thank you, >> Ralph >> >> Sent from my iPad >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss