Jigsaw Ransomware Deletes Your Files If You Don't Pay Or When You Reboot Your PC (bleepingcomputer.com)

Posted by BeauHD on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @11:12AM from the there's-always-something-to-fear dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Researchers found a new ransomware yesterday called Jigsaw which will first lock your files and ask for a 0.4 Bitcoin ($150 USD) payment. If users don't pay, every hour the ransomware deletes your files. If the user restarts their PC, the ransomware also deletes 1,000 more files. The good news is there's a free Decrypter available to unlock the ransomware. The Decrypter was built by Michael Gillespie, who announced yesterday on Softpedia the ID Ransomware service, which tells infected victims what kind of ransomware infection they have by allowing them to upload an encrypted file and the ransom note.

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Turn back the clock by Anonymous Coward · 2016-04-12 11:15 · Score: 3, Interesting

I have to wonder what would happen if you just kept turning the clock back on your computer every 45 minutes... I guess it depends on how lazy the programmer was.
Anecdote: I recently had a WIndows Auto-update give me the choice between now and in 10 minutes for an update. I wanted to watch a movie online so I set the clock back serveral hours.