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    anyone else heard?

    i was woundering if anyone else heard about a new virus that locks up your computer and the only way to get it unlocked is if you pay $200 for a key to unlock it?

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    Trj.PGPCoder.A is the virus, and 200 u$s is the price hacker wanted to unlock computer files...

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    Ya, its been discussed here already. I would run a search.

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    thanks i didnt know the name of the virus

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    MMM format or new harddrive. I'd rather use the 200 dollars on a new video card if that ever happened to me.
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    I never heard of this virus. How is the affected user suppose to pay the hacker? How do you get affected? No one has yet caught this hacker?

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    if anyone has a link about this virus could you please share

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    The virus lock and encrypt your hard drive ( all files ) , then the hacker request a payment to unlock the hard disk

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    Originally posted by webster13045
    if anyone has a link about this virus could you please share
    Sure thing:

    http://us.mcafee.com/virusInfo/defau...virus_k=133901
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    thanks for the link

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    http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_i...6918720581B225 There is a news story in relation.
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    Thats nuts! I wonder how many people have actually paid that....

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