CryptoLocker 2.0 was written using C#, while the original CryptoLocker ransomware was written using C++, so the two were most likely written by different programming teams.How It Worksĭifferences between CryptoLocker and CryptoLocker 2.0 The latest CryptoLocker is just as malicious as its predecessor if not worse. There isn't a person on earth that would want a virus on their computer, but there are particularly nasty ones that many dread. If payments are not received in three days victims are usually given a second opportunity to pay a much higher ransom to get their files back. They speculate that the new strand is simply using CryptoLocker as a base.Ĭryptolocker 2.0 demands that payments be paid in the form of Bitcoins. Some experts believe that CyrptoLocker 2.0 is not an extension of the CryptoLocker ransomware, but, may, be a copycat. Once files are locked, Cryptolocker 2.0 then threatens to delete the private key needed to unlock the files if payment is not received within three days.

CryptoLocker 2.0 uses 1024 bit RSA key pair uploaded to a command-and-control server, which it uses it to encrypt or lock files with certain extensions and delete the originals.

CryptoLocker 2.0 is the second version of CryptoLocker, a particularly nasty ransomware virus that had infected over 200,000 computer systems.

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