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<font face="Tahoma">Hi </font>all.<br>
<br>
Just a quick note that the CryptoLocker virus I mentioned some
months ago in a newsletter has been upgraded and is doing the rounds
again. I've had two instances already, and Armidale Computers has
had six.<br>
<br>
If you receive an email from the "Office of State Revenue",
"AusPost" or the "Australian Tax Office" with an attachment, please
don't open it. If you do, it will encrypt all the personal files it
can get to, and then request a ransom of about $600 to recover them.
If you don't pay that ransom, your files are not retrievable unless
you have an unaffected versioning offline backup or a good cloud
backup.<br>
<br>
For more information:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.finance.nsw.gov.au/scammers-email-fraudulent-fines">http://www.finance.nsw.gov.au/scammers-email-fraudulent-fines</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://betanews.com/2014/11/24/cryptolocker-the-comeback-malware-reemerges-ready-to-steal-your-money/">http://betanews.com/2014/11/24/cryptolocker-the-comeback-malware-reemerges-ready-to-steal-your-money/</a><br>
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Cheers, Mike.<br>
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<b>Proprietor, Cool Country Consulting.</b><br>
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