Shadowlock creators may have a sense of humor. Or maybe they're from another world.
If your PC's CD tray opens and you hear the iconic, five-note tune from the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind, it's probably not a visit from aliens. Chances are it's a newly discovered piece of malware with some highly unusual characteristics.
Trojan.Shadowlock belongs to a category of malicious software known as ransomware, which typically locks down data and resources until the victim pays a hefty fee. But in this case, according to Symantec researchers, the malware demands the user of the disabled computer complete an online survey.
Full Story - http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/07/strange-ransomware-title-pushes-surveys-knows-close-encounters-tune/
Strange “ransomware” title pushes surveys, knows Close Encounters tune
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Ah the old CD eject, I remember doing that to PC`s in my schools network back in the day! I personally havent seen this one in the wild and none of our users have seen a file called CORES.EXE in the appdata folder.
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