Encrypts all your files. Limits length of tweets to 140 chars. What's the best general advice to give these days? https://twitter.com/patavatsizadam1/status/712763129357328384 …
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Replying to @martijn_grooten
@martijn_grooten Backups. Having said that, it annoys me that 'Cryptolocker' is the term for any ransomware now. It is misleading.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @bartblaze
@bartblaze@martijn_grooten People refuse to come up with a term for it and cryptolocker works, better than just calling it all ransomware.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MalwareTechBlog
@MalwareTechBlog@martijn_grooten I've always named it 'encrypting ransomware'. But as long as people say "I have 'a' CryptoLocker", I'm OK.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @bartblaze
@bartblaze@martijn_grooten I always liked the term because it makes perfect sense, it's a locker that crypts ^^2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @MalwareTechBlog
@MalwareTechBlog@bartblaze Exactly that. It also helps us distinguish it from previous ransomware, that just claimed your PC was locked.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
@martijn_grooten @MalwareTechBlog Yes and no. In the beginning, it made it harder, such ransomware versions existed that could be decrypted.
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