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		mistercow on Oct 17, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: You’re infected—if you want to see your data again... The only virus I ever got was the SevenDust 666 virus on Mac OS 8. An infected machine would have a "666" extension that couldn't be deleted (it would instantly replace itself) and then start losing files. So losing files as a target has been around for many years. The interesting change to me is that now viruses have been effectively monetized.

waqf on Oct 17, 2013 [–]

Not such a new change, for it's been known since at least 1989: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS_(trojan_horse)

mistercow on Oct 18, 2013 | [–]

So in other words, nothing ever changes, everything has always been terrible.

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