On Tue, 15 Sep 2015, Fred Cisin wrote:
Ever heard of CRYPTOWALL ? I think that I got it from looking at PDFs on the web while doing some research. It's a trojan, not a virus. It runs in the background encrypting files. Then it pops up a message demanding 500 euros for the key!
Out of curiousity, were you running any sort of protective software (e.g. Symantec, Kaspersky, etc.)?
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