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Re: New Windows Trojan Encrypts Files

Roy Schestowitz wrote:

>
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1937408,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594
> 
> ,----[ Cryzip Trojan Encrypts Files, Demands Ransom ]
> | Virus hunters have discovered a new Trojan that encrypts files on an
> | infected computer and then demands $300 in ransom for a
> | decryption password.
> `----
> 
> I find it rather infuriating that the words "Windows" or "Microsoft" are
> not even contained in his lengthy article. I guess that Trojans are
> nowadays implied to be a Windows issue, but this needs explicit
> clarification.
>

Say what? Where have you been??? ONLY windows gets viri and trojans.... No
other OS does like windows....

 
> The BBC were at least tactful enough to add a paragraph which attributes
> zombies to Microsoft Windows.
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4685238.stm
>                         (see image at bottom)

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Jerry McBride

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