As Tracy says, the Dropbox/Cloud copy is normally a copy and not a live document so once it becomes infected on your local drive then such as Dropbox will sync it onto the cloud after which you may want to sync it back down but that would be too late as it would already be virussed. At least the current version gives the filename a stand out extension so the original non modified dbf etc. would still be there.
The original Crypto as I saw it neither changed the data/times on the file or the file name, the application opening it (word/excel/VFP) simply reported bac the file as being corrupt, at which time recovery was impossible apart from restoring from a validated backup after removing the malware if it was still on the machine... normally in an email attachment. Funnily enough the code didn't reside in memory on any PC so didn't show up in any virus checkers. Only the code in the "carrier file" was executed on the LAN then it removed itself from memory so no long lasting "can't get rid of this damned thing" effects like some of the stubborn viruses of old. Dave -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tracy Pearson Sent: 07 October 2015 17:03 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Another new ransomware John Weller wrote on 2015-10-07: > Is CryptoLocker liable to attack cloud based data such as Dropbox, oneDrive, > etc? > > John > > John Weller > 01380 723235 > 07976 393631 > >> John, It will attack the local copy, then DropBox and variants that do the same, will detect a change and upload the encrypted file to the cloud. Tracy Pearson PowerChurch Software [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
