Locky Ransomware

Jayy · Mr. Ponzi Joined: 08 Jun 2009 Karma :

Friend of mine has had his work laptop nailed by this locky ransomware. It only has/had invoices, letter heads, etc on it but still, as far as I can tell, there's no way round this one other than prevention/backups?

TbirdX · Crazy Courier Joined: 06 Dec 2015 Karma :

Tell him to stop going to Mexican midget amputee porn sites and he'll be fine.
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Jayy · Mr. Ponzi Joined: 08 Jun 2009 Karma :

That's pretty much what I told him, other than back ups or prevention, you be fucked Laughing

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CBFcarl · Nearly there... Joined: 29 Oct 2013 Karma :

I had this a few years ago. "my brother" had been browsing specialist sites and then got a lock screen from "Met Police E-crime department". Logged in as alternative user, installed malwarebytes and ran a full computer check. Found and removed ransomeware, did full AV check after. Rebooted and was able to log in with no lasting damage.
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J.M. · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Mar 2011 Karma :

The files are only lost if it's a ransomware that encrypts files - otherwise just plug the HDD into another machine.
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Jayy · Mr. Ponzi Joined: 08 Jun 2009 Karma :

dydey90 · World Chat Champion Joined: 01 Oct 2013 Karma :

I once got something similar on an old laptop that was used exclusively for... browsing... but it must have been in the early days of ransomware. Police screen flashed up but there were several typos on it so even though I'd never heard of that sort of thing at the time, I knew it wasn't legit.

Ctrl + Alt + Del actually went through it.
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Jayy · Mr. Ponzi Joined: 08 Jun 2009 Karma :

This lockey ransomware is particularly well made according to several security blogs and as such, unless someone breaks the encryption (un-likely) not much you can do.

It's pretty simple really, don't go opening attachments from people you don't know or even people you do know, unless you are specifically excepting one.

Common sense prevails.