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Trojan Cryzip Extorts Decryption Fee

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Posted 14 March 2006 - 01:19 PM

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A Trojan making the rounds encrypts victims' files and demands a $300 payment to have them decrypted and unlocked...This so-called "ransomware" Trojan, dubbed Cryzip, is the second of its type to emerge in the past 10 months...the appearance within a year of two encryption Trojans may indicate they are part an emerging trend in malicious software...

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