'Trojan' encrypts files, demands $200 for key.... Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 8:52 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by joe (7018 messages posted) wow, a funky trojan/hacker(s) on the loose... "Computer criminals have launched a new type of online attack that steals information, encrypts it, then demands a ransom from the computer owner to get the material back." http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/05/25/ransomware/ Responses to this message: re: 'Trojan' encrypts files, demands $200 for key.... (Carl D: Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 9:34 am) This is just a thinly veiled ploy...... (Dan Sarandrea, MCSE: Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 9:52 am) re: 'Trojan' encrypts files, demands $200 for key.... (tom n: Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 10:07 am) re: 'Trojan' encrypts files, demands $200 for key.... (werner: Thursday, May 26, 2005 at 11:09 am) All messages in this thread [show all] 'Trojan' encrypts files, demands $200 for key.... (joe: Thu, May 26, 2005, 8:52 am) re: 'Trojan' encrypts files, demands $200 for key.... (Carl D: Thu, May 26, 2005, 9:34 am) re: 'Trojan' encrypts files, demands $200 for key.... (joe: Thu, May 26, 2005, 9:47 am) This is just a thinly veiled ploy...... (Dan Sarandrea, MCSE: Thu, May 26, 2005, 9:52 am) re: This is just a thinly veiled ploy...... (joe: Thu, May 26, 2005, 10:06 am) re: This is just a thinly veiled ploy...... (joe: Thu, May 26, 2005, 10:17 am) re: This is just a thinly veiled ploy...... (Dan Sarandrea, MCSE: Thu, May 26, 2005, 10:25 am) re: This is just a thinly veiled ploy...... (joe: Thu, May 26, 2005, 10:37 am) re: This is just a thinly veiled ploy...... (werner: Thu, May 26, 2005, 12:29 pm) re: This is just a thinly veiled ploy...... (joe: Thu, May 26, 2005, 12:38 pm) re: This is just a thinly veiled ploy...... (werner: Thu, May 26, 2005, 12:51 pm) re: This is just a thinly veiled ploy...... (joe: Thu, May 26, 2005, 1:07 pm) re: This is just a thinly veiled ploy...... (Carl D: Thu, May 26, 2005, 5:53 pm) re: This is just a thinly veiled ploy...... (werner: Fri, May 27, 2005, 3:37 pm) re: This is just a thinly veiled ploy...... (Helen~: Thu, May 26, 2005, 11:26 am) re: 'Trojan' encrypts files, demands $200 for key.... (tom n: Thu, May 26, 2005, 10:07 am) re: 'Trojan' encrypts files, demands $200 for key.... (werner: Thu, May 26, 2005, 11:09 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum