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TeslaCrypt: Videogame Safety 101


Jasper_The_Rasper
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This is a great read about TeslaCrypt and one which should be read.
See also - New crypto-ransomware encrypts video games files and TeslaCrypt ransomware pushed by several exploit kits
 
April 20, 2015 | BY Christopher Boyd
 


 
With TeslaCrypt, the Malware author’s brainwave was to start targeting videogame files and iTunes alongside the more typical photographs, documents and archives. However, it appears that the creators of these files may not have quite understood the digital ecosystems they’ve decided to go after with the latest addition to their “hit list”. There’s a lengthy list of game titles – both single player and online – which could fall victim to the TeslaCrypt hijack hammer of doom, but in most cases the game files can be restored even if the affected PC owner didn’t do any manual backups (important safety tip: ALWAYS do manual backups).
 
Here, then, is a list / information dump of the named titles caught up in the TeslaCrypt crosshairs, and what you can do about it should you find yourself affected. Again, we stress that you should be backing your files up anyway – you may be able to get your gamefiles back with little fuss, but all those non-gaming files you have are in danger from lots of forms of Ransomware anyway. With that out of the way:
 
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