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Old 10-15-2014, 07:58 PM  
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Originally Posted by JustDaveXxx View Post
My buddy called me up yesterday and had a virus on his PC had totally fucked him up.

What ever it is that he got, is gonna cost money to fix, if he wants to save his Docs, info, and content.
This sounds like one of the CryptoLocker variants. The most common method of delivery is via a phishing attack. Which means that if this is the case here, your friend must have opened an infected attachment sent to his email.

This link may help: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/08/n...er-ransomware/
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