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One option I don't see in the list, is just basic, file wiping, instead of encrypting. People are lucky there's even an option to unencrypt.
by RichardHeart 9y ago
One option I don't see in the list, is just basic, file wiping, instead of encrypting. People are lucky there's even an option to unencrypt.
- theoh 9y agoBut why would you pay if there's no "hostage"?
- RichardHeart 9y agoI'm saying that a virus that wants only to destroy, instead of get paid, is more dangerous than a virus that wants paid. It's the difference between a kidnapping and a murder.
- bigbugbag 9y agoWhat's the incentive for such a virus ?
- CrystalLangUser 9y agoSchadenfreude?
- sushid 9y agoDo you not remember viruses in the 90s like the ILOVEYOU virus? Plenty of hackers wrote viruses that maliciously destroyed data just because they could.
- bigbugbag 9y agoWorst ransomware ever: "pay us now that we have deleted your files or else !"