{"id":1765,"date":"2013-10-31T07:01:12","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T14:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/?p=1765"},"modified":"2013-12-03T17:42:48","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T01:42:48","slug":"new-type-of-virus-encrypts-your-personal-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/new-type-of-virus-encrypts-your-personal-files\/","title":{"rendered":"New virus encrypts your personal files, demands $300 ransom within a few days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/cryptolocker.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1769\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" alt=\"Cryptolocker ransomware\" src=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/cryptolocker-500x390.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"390\" align=\"right\" srcset=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/cryptolocker-500x390.png 500w, https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/cryptolocker-150x117.png 150w, https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/cryptolocker.png 654w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>A new virus has been spreading lately &#8211; mainly through email attachments disguised as shipping notices from UPS and the like. The trojan virus &#8220;ransomware&#8221;\u00a0encrypts the computer&#8217;s documents, pictures, music and other personal files making them inaccessible. It then demands a $300 ransom be paid\u00a0within a few days\u00a0to decrypt the files, or the files become inaccessible forever.<\/p>\n<p>Anti-virus programs have been mainly unsuccessful at detecting or blocking this new virus since it is rapidly changing and evolving, and the Anti-virus vendors are having a hard time keeping up with it. Since <a title=\"Click here to read the article\" href=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/dont-rely-only-on-anti-virus-software-to-keep-your-computer-virus-free\/\" target=\"_blank\">no anti-virus program is 100% effective at detecting viruses<\/a>, you need to follow some basic computer safety tips so that you don&#8217;t get this new virus.<\/p>\n<p>To help avoid from getting this new virus, follow the information in the following articles:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a title=\"Click here to read the article\" href=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/how-to-spot-fake-email-from-legitimate-companies\/\" target=\"_blank\">How to spot fake email from legitimate companies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a title=\"Click here to read the article\" href=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/disable-java-in-your-web-browser\/\" target=\"_blank\">Disable Java in your web browser<\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/new-type-of-virus-encrypts-your-personal-files\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Article\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print This Article\" title=\"Print This Article\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/new-type-of-virus-encrypts-your-personal-files\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Article\" rel=\"nofollow\">Print This Article<\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new virus has been spreading lately &#8211; mainly through email attachments disguised as shipping notices from UPS and the like. The trojan virus &#8220;ransomware&#8221;\u00a0encrypts the computer&#8217;s documents, pictures, music and other personal files making them inaccessible. It then demands a $300 ransom be paid\u00a0within a few days\u00a0to decrypt the files, or the files become [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1765"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1786,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1765\/revisions\/1786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}