Extortion Virus Code Cracked

Billosaur writes "BBC News is reporting that the password to the dreaded Archiveus virus has been discovered and is now available to anyone who needs it. Archiveus is a 'ransomware' virus, which combines files from the My Documents folder on Windows machines and exchanges them for a single, password-protected file, which it will not unlock unless a password is given. The user would normally be required to pay the extortionist money in order to receive the password, but apparently the virus writer made one small, critical error in coding: placing the password in the code. BTW, the 30-digit password locking the files is mf2lro8sw03ufvnsq034jfowr18f3cszc20vmw."

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[linvir]

BTW, the 30-digit password locking the files is mf2lro8sw03ufvnsq034jfowr18f3cszc20vmw.

Very informative, but a txt abbreviation in the article summary brings us one step closer to the editorial quality of Digg. It should have been modified, or even better, cut.

It's not even "by the way" at all. It follows directly from the previous sentence, and is perfectly ontopic. Get your act together.

MOD PARENT DOWN

[joeyspqr]

-1 "WHERE YOU BEEN?"

he's just realized that Windows is the front end of a racket?

[full disclosure - posted from a cube on an XP install running Office+Publisher+Visio+Project]
[[will testify after placement in witness protection]]