JMH
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- Apr 2, 2012
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CryptoLocker creeps lure victims with fake Adobe, Microsoft activation codes ? The RegisterMiscreants have brewed up a variant of the infamous CryptoLocker ransomware that uses worm-like features to spread across removable drives.
The recently discovered CRILOCK-A variant can spread more easily than previous forms of CryptoLocker. The latest nasty is also notable because it comes under previously unseen guises - such as fake Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Office software activators that have been seeded on P2P sites, a security blog post from Trend Micro warns.