[Nottingham] Gameover Zeus (GOZ) and Cryptolocker malware rackets

[Martin]

Ron,

Good to see you around!


> Is Ubuntu vulnerable to the above?

Simple answer: Nope.


Those appear to be specific to Microsoft OS systems:

http://www.ukfast.co.uk/blog/2014/06/03/your-two-week-warning/

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Affected systems include:

    Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, and 8
    Microsoft Server 2003, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, and Server 2012
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If you run Windows software inside Wine or a VM, then 'depending',
possibly so but only inside what Wine or the VM allow access to.

Most likely not and I'll guess you're not running such things in any case.



Sleep easy but still take due caution not to follow dubious web links!

Cheers,
Martin

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