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Tråd: Free fix will stop Cryptowall 4 from holding your PC hostage

"The latest variant of the Cryptowall file locker can be stopped in its tracks with a simple proactive fix.

Estimates from the FBI show that ransomware is ensnaring thousands of victims every week, costing millions of dollars in losses.
A new ransomware variant is making its rounds,
but one antivirus firm has a preventative fix that could save users both money and heartache.
As we reported earlier, a new variant of the infamous ransomware has been spotted in the wild.

Known as Cryptowall 4, the ransomware infects Windows machines, encrypts files,
and demands users cough up crypto-cash to unlock their documents.
The new variant, thought to have been developed by Russian hackers,
makes it even harder to crack the files by scrambling file names.

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Romanian antivirus firm Bitdefender said Monday it has developed a "vaccine",
that can prevent a user from becoming infected with the malware.

In a blog post, the company said it had identified infections in the US; many Western European countries like France, Italy, Germany, and Spain; India, and China.
The company added that the malware does not infect a machine if it detects Russian as a keyboard language.

The tool, which can be downloaded for free from Bitdefender´s site,
does not undo the damage if the malware has already infected a machine,
and only applies to the latest Cryptowall 4 malware.

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Download: Cryptowall 4 Vaccine