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Data Backup Foils Crypto-Malware Ransom Plans

Data Backup Foils Crypto-Malware Ransom Plans

August 28, 2014

An IT company in Yorkshire county in the UK helped at least four businesses avoid loss of information caused by malicious encryption carried out by the CrytoLocker ransomware.Employees of Oughtred and Harrison firm offering IT services said that the companies affected by the crypto-malware were conducting their business on Windows XP.However, the systems benefited from up-to-date antivirus software solutions, showing that despite the administrators reluctance to move to a more secure op…