What ever happend in regard to the Gpcode problem?

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From: <[email protected]>

| Did they catch the guy? If so, did he get jail time? Or is this
| encrypted/ransom virus still active.

| Here is my Google search, but I really didn't want to read every single
| post to find the answers to my questions. :o)

| http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=gpcode&start=10&sa=N

There have been sporadic new variants on the theme but it never persisted nor got wide
spread.
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Thanks. I had hoped someone who knew what they were talking about would
answer. The next question - rhetorical, really, is why did the jerk(s)
stop it when they seemingly were so successful? (I'm assuming they
were from what I read of the situation.)

It was a darn interesting phenomenon.
 
From: <[email protected]>

| Thanks. I had hoped someone who knew what they were talking about would
| answer. The next question - rhetorical, really, is why did the jerk(s)
| stop it when they seemingly were so successful? (I'm assuming they
| were from what I read of the situation.)

| It was a darn interesting phenomenon.

I don't have an answer on some of those variants of GPcode. However there are new trojans
using cryptovirology.

One recent one was "FileError_22001" and more recently is FileFix. All working on the
idea of encrypting data and having you pay to get your data decrypted.
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Well, I got four outboard drives + True Image. Everybody better have
everything backed up in spades. In this case, I think governments
should borrow the concept of hacking off hands of thieves as the Arabs
do. Of course, that probably wouldn't stop the most determined cretins,
because there is a thing called "voice recognition." How about prying
out vocal cords with a rusty screwdriver? : 0)
 
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