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Ransom.G (Pandasecurity.com)

Ransom.G (Pandasecurity.com)

Common name: Ransom.G
Technical name: W32/Ransom.G.worm
Threat level: Medium
Type: Worm

Effects: It is designed to affect mainly Russian speaking users and its main aim is to obtain financial gains. It locks the affected users´ computer and in order to unlock it they are required to pay a certain sum of money. It spreads through the system drives, both mapped and removable.

Affected platforms: Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95
 
First detected on: Aug. 26, 2009
Detection updated on: Aug. 28, 2009
Statistics No
Brief Description      
Ransom.G is a worm designed to affect mainly Russian speaking users and whose main aim is to obtain financial gains.

In order to do so, it locks the affected users´ computer and it will not be unlocked until they send an sms to a certain number in order to obtain some code that will unlock the computer.

Additionally, it ends several processes, like the Windows Registry Editor and the Task manager, which allows to view the processes that are being run.

Ransom.G spreads through the system drives, both mapped and removable, making copies of itself in them.

 

For more information: http://www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/security-info/212822/Ransom.G

 

Source: Panda Security
http://www.pandasecurity.com/

 

2009-09-04 12:45

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