Every day seems to announce a lot of new computer threats. The last of them circulating on the Messenger application that serves to chat with your friends on Facebook. Hackers use it to download the ransomware ” Locky “ through a simple image. Suspicion so. It explains how to spot the danger.
A file .svg
A friend writes to you. It is good of him, of his account. He sends you an image with an extension in .svg. Above all, do not open it. This is the new method used by hackers to install ransomware (software ransom) “Locky” on your computer. The simple opening of the file is enough to infect your machine. Files .svg correspond to vector images and are therefore rather rare. This should alert you.
This is not the first time that the virus “Locky” is broadcast in this way. However, in its first version, the image you referred to a link. A video was trying to start but your browser tells you that it was necessary to download a plugin. It was ” Locky “. It seems that hackers have found a way to integrate it directly into an image.
How to protect against ransomware Locky ?
“ransomware” that require you to pay a sum of money to regain access to your computer. “All the files present on their device are automatically encrypted and cannot be recovered only after payment of the ransom, ” says CheckPoint, the company’s security specialist to the origin of the discovery.
If you have only uploaded the image but that you have not opened, remove it and then do a scan of your computer with your antivirus program. According to the security company, the virus that is circulating on Facebook but also LinkedIn would be responsible for 5% of computer attacks seen around the world in October.
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