Vincent Arnold

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A virus that takes all your important files hostage and then demand money is on the loose according to security experts.

This blackmailer virus uses 1024-bit key to encrypt data on user’s PC and then demands money for decryption key.

According to Kaspersky Lab public should be on the lookout for ransomware virus named “Gpcode” which encrypts your files using an RSA encryption algorithm with a 1024-bit key.

This entry was posted on Saturday, June 7th, 2008 at 4:09 pm and is filed under Attack Vector.