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Virus LeChiffre
« on: February 14, 2015, 09:41:06 AM »
A few days old virus, called LeChiffre, had crypted a complete database from a server. Now, the ask 1 Bitcoin to encrypt all files. All the files in the database have the extension .LeChiffre, we try to rename all this extension, but this wasn't the solution. What we do?

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Re: Virus LeChiffre
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2015, 10:00:15 AM »
Ransomware ...... you have to pay or restore from backup to get your files back    :-\

We can remove the malware ......
logs to assist in cleaning malware    https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=53253.0
attach requested logs and you will get help

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Re: Virus LeChiffre
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2015, 12:21:53 PM »
Not entirely true Pondus. Although, the chances of Essex's way might not work either..
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