IT security provider Kaspersky Lab has issued a security alert following the detection of a particularly malicious piece of "ransomware." Kaspersky researchers were the first to detect and issue warnings that a new, stronger version of the Gpcode virus was on the loose. Even though it doesn't appear to have spread widely -- to date at least -- the new Gpcode variant poses a particularly nasty threat. If downloaded, the virus -- Virus.Win32.Gpcode.ak -- employs RSA 1024-bit encryption to lock users out of just about every common data file format found on their PCs.
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New Ransomware Making the Rounds
IT security provider Kaspersky Lab has issued a security alert following the detection of a particularly malicious piece of "ransomware." Kaspersky researchers were the first to detect and issue warnings that a new, stronger version of the Gpcode virus was on the loose. Even though it doesn't appear to have spread widely -- to date at least -- the new Gpcode variant poses a particularly nasty threat. If downloaded, the virus -- Virus.Win32.Gpcode.ak -- employs RSA 1024-bit encryption to lock users out of just about every common data file format found on their PCs.
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