{"id":1575,"date":"2016-05-17T10:38:50","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T22:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/?p=1575"},"modified":"2016-05-17T10:38:50","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T22:38:50","slug":"everything-you-need-to-know-about-cryptolocker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/?p=1575","title":{"rendered":"Beating Cryptolocker &#8211; A Comprehensive Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CryptoLocker is online extortion. It encrypts your files and then demands a fee to unencrypt them. \u00a0Paying the fee is no guarantee your files will get unlocked or that they will not get encrypted again. \u00a0Like traditional extortion, paying the fee only encourages the perpetrators.<\/p>\n<p>[wow_spacing size=&#8221;10px&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>The odds of your business being hit by CryptoLocker are far higher than the odds of your\u00a0staff embezzling money, a fire, a flood or\u00a0a power surge blowing up your servers. In fact, <strong>the odds are higher of getting hit by\u00a0CryptoLocker than all four of these others combined<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>[wow_spacing size=&#8221;10px&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Antivirus isn&#8217;t a silver bullet &#8211; it isn&#8217;t 100% effective and has a business performance cost if detection levels are turned to up to maximum.<\/p>\n<p>[col size=&#8221;5&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>[header2 text=&#8221;everything you need to know&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; color=&#8221;#336A40&#8243; margintop=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Cryptolocker-White-Paper-2016.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download our comprehensive White Paper<\/a> to learn:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">What is CryptoLocker?<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">How does CryptoLocker spread?<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Can my anti-virus protect me?<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">What do my staff need to know about CryptoLocker?<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">How do I prepare and recover from CryptoLocker?<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">What can I do to stop CryptoLocker?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>[wow_spacing size=&#8221;10px&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>If you want to know more about CryptoLocker and how the team at Kinetics can help your organisation protect itself then\u00a0[wow_colorme]<a href=\"http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/contactus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact us now<\/a>.<u><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">[\/wow_colorme]<\/span><\/u><b><\/b><i><\/i><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>[\/col]<\/p>\n<p>[col size=&#8221;3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>[wow_spacing size=&#8221;120px&#8221;]<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Cryptolocker-White-Paper-2016_11.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1874\" src=\"http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cryptolocker-cover-213x300.png\" alt=\"cryptolocker cover\" width=\"165\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/col]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[col size=&#8221;4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>[wow_spacing size=&#8221;120px&#8221;]<\/p>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/col]<\/p>\n<p>[wow_clear]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CryptoLocker is online extortion. It encrypts your files and then demands a fee to unencrypt them. \u00a0Paying the fee is no guarantee your files will get unlocked or that they will not get encrypted again. \u00a0Like traditional extortion, paying the fee only encourages the perpetrators. 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