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binaryanomaly on Jan 4, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: How My Mom Got Hacked

How my mom caught a virus that encrypted her personal files - would be a more appropriate title imho.

But anyway after reading the article it's clear what happened. Evil mail attachement --> infection.

Kiro on Jan 4, 2015 [–]

> How my mom caught a virus that encrypted her personal files

Just as bad if you ask me. There's still nothing about how she caught it.

binaryanomaly on Jan 4, 2015 | [–]

Yeah ok, leave out the "how" then ;-)

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