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Cryptolocker Ransomware Removal Instructions

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Tips to Remove Cryptolocker Ransomware Cryptolocker  is a  malware  that made its first appearance on 5 th  September 2013 & continued its attack to late May 2014. This malign Cryptolocker Ransomware gained notoriety over the past few years for stealthily  infecting a system & encrypting the files . According to the detailed research by the security analyst, the Cryptolocker Ransomware attack utilized a  Trojan  that fired at the computers running on Microsoft Windows & was reported to have been published on the internet on 5 th  Sep’2013. It used  corrupted e-mail attachments  & an  existing botnet named Gameover ZeuS to spread & proliferate.  Upon execution, the Cryptolocker virus encrypted certain types of files stored on local & mounted network drives by using public-key cryptography. The private key for decrypting the data was stored only on the malware’s control servers. Following ...