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Originally Posted by bojan
If there is a cleansing agent for this nasty, there should also be some sort of vaccine.. or not?
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This malware (it's not a virus) is similar to file encryption programs that people use to ensure privacy of their files. Since the latest version uses strong encryption you need to know the original key to decrypt the data. If the bad guys didn't leave that key lying around on your computer then you're almost certainly out of luck.
The only chances for a "vaccine" are attacking potential weaknesses in the malware. Perhaps the key it uses is predictable, or perhaps the NSA knows how to break RSA encryption and will tell us
Cheers,
Rick.