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Title: Can I have some of your email addresses?
Post by: 41magsnub on December 12, 2016, 06:19:22 PM
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-scheme-spread-popcorn-time-ransomware-get-chance-of-free-decryption-key/ (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-scheme-spread-popcorn-time-ransomware-get-chance-of-free-decryption-key/)
Title: Re: Can I have some of your email addresses?
Post by: zahc on December 12, 2016, 08:00:46 PM
I heard of that. seems pretty easy to manufacture a couple of "friends".
Title: Re: Can I have some of your email addresses?
Post by: cordex on December 12, 2016, 08:12:44 PM
Quote from: zahc on December 12, 2016, 08:00:46 PM
I heard of that. seems pretty easy to manufacture a couple of "friends".
From the article it suggests that you would only get decrypted if two others paid the ransom.
Title: Re: Can I have some of your email addresses?
Post by: 230RN on December 12, 2016, 10:01:18 PM
Clicked on the link, Screen blinked.  Clicked out immediately.

Will now run AV program.

Paranoia is a survival trait.
Title: Re: Can I have some of your email addresses?
Post by: K Frame on December 13, 2016, 06:16:59 AM
There's no effing way I'm going to click that link.
Title: Re: Can I have some of your email addresses?
Post by: cordex on December 13, 2016, 07:35:24 AM
Quote from: Mike Irwin on December 13, 2016, 06:16:59 AM
There's no effing way I'm going to click that link.
Just do it on mtnbkr's laptop. That is sort of in the spirit of things.
Title: Re: Can I have some of your email addresses?
Post by: KD5NRH on December 13, 2016, 09:41:03 AM
Hmm...wonder if RevDisk will let me set up a remote X session on one of his boxes to check the link from...
Title: Re: Can I have some of your email addresses?
Post by: TechMan on December 13, 2016, 09:47:10 AM
Quote from: Mike Irwin on December 13, 2016, 06:16:59 AM
There's no effing way I'm going to click that link.

Actually Bleeping Computer is a very reliable website.  They help people remove malware infestations.
Title: Re: Can I have some of your email addresses?
Post by: Jocassee on December 13, 2016, 09:51:23 AM
Quote from: adively on December 13, 2016, 09:47:10 AM
Actually Bleeping Computer is a very reliable website.  They help people remove malware infestations.

^^ What he said.
Title: Re: Can I have some of your email addresses?
Post by: 41magsnub on December 13, 2016, 10:05:40 AM
Lol, it's a link to an article about it...