>computer locked down by ransomware >wipe the disk, reinstall

>wincucks

It is not as if it had a "delayed execution" but the trigger is something you did not account for. Think of it as some excel macro that somehow fucks your computer.

You keep going back to the same websites with an unpatched OS/browser and this will keep happening

of course it can. are you running a program from your backup files? don't do that.

how do you even get ransomware without downloading and running shady .exe files online?

>ransomware

This is why the only website I visit on my gaming pc is 4chan.

>>57042776
>implying ransomware isn't possible on other OSs

>>57042919
Linux cant get viruses

You just went to the same site or you just started the same exe from some usb

How did you get ransomware inthe first place? I dl shit from very obscure places and i never saw it

>>57042903

Enjoy your needle in a haystack .jpg trojan.

>getting ransomware

LITERALLY HOW

The only people capable of getting it are tech illiterate women who try downloading the Kardashians from shady websites.

>>57043583
This. I never heard about ransonwares outside /g/, and I have a bunch of tech illiterate friends.

>not backing up to a Linux machine using rsync

Yare yare daze...

>>57042712
Shouldn't you be able to safely recover your shit by opening the backup in a VM?

>>57042941
This is weapons grade bullshit.
How do you retards keep thinking this?
I have linux viruses sitting on my desktop right now.
gtfo out newfag

>>57044828
lol found the retard

>>57042712

>ransomware

Literally howling

>>57042712

You'd pay a security consultant to help you, you'd stand a higher chance of recovery and at least your cash is going to the good guys

Heck paying any ransom is always a gamble, sometimes so badly coded he attackers couldn't decrypt your locked up data even if you paid the release fee and they wanted to - full of bugs that it effectively destroyed the keys required to decrypt data.

paying a security consultant to help you. It means you stand more chance of recovering your data, and at least your money is going to the good guys...

>>57045154
Your kidding right?
You really don't think viruses on linux exist? Cmon. What do you think all those iot cameras are running? Windows? Don't be stupid

>>57042776
>>57042919
>>57042941
While Linux surely can get infected and fucked up I doubt we will see any widespread attack on Linux. a) too little marketshare to bother b) most Linux users are smart* enough with computers to not just download and click shady stuff.
*computersmart, most are entitled retards in almost all other areas.

i donwload an average of 2 jap porn games everyday for 3 years now and i've never gotten any virus that actually fucked with my pc
how do you guys do this

>>57045416
Something tells me jap neet weebs dont backdoor their shit like chinese and whites do, and if they do they are just stealing your r34 and animu collection and talking shit about your waifu on their jap hacker forums.

>>57045596
well, nip coders are known to be shit at coding, not surprised at all

>>57042712
I didn't think Kanye was that broke

>>57045275
Those aren't viruses, those are really shitty default configurations by the manufacturer. Dumbass.

>>57045206
Let me guess you can recommend someone who totally isnt you?

>>57045633
and financing too apparently
>site doesn't have enough money
>turns off adds

>doesnt do anything that would increase the likelihood of people supporting the site such as getting rid of egotistical faggot mods that powertrip on a nightly basis

>>57045770

I don't recommend anything, I'd rather stay neutral. you can notice a pasta, hint

>>57042941
>Linux cant get viruses
But this is obviously wrong because most distros actually come with antiviruses for the command-line.

>>57045768
Lol Mirai is a virus you fuckin idiot. It propagates itself. You fucking basic bitch.

>>57042712
How, just HOW can you even get some shit like that on your computer? I have never even met anyone who managed to fuck up this bad.

>>57045768
You are so, fucking, dumb.

>>57045898
what the fuck are you talking about?

>>57045901
You literally have no idea what you're fucking talk about. Kys

>>57042712
>Is it possible that it can have a delayed execution
Yes. Literally any program can have delayed execution. Malware is no different in that regard. The specific kind of malware that has a delayed execution is a logic bomb.

It largely depends on how the malware propagates, however. It could be possible to accidentally backup malware but it really depends on your backup procedures.

>>57045920
Well, sometimes the packages are included, sometimes not.

Look for clamtk and klamav

>>57045938
Enlighten me dad.

>>57045988
Literally noone uses that shit. Just because it's included doesn't make it relevant.

>>57046010
Do your own homework faggot

>>57045339
A lot of servers are running linux. You also don't have to just down and click shady stuff. There are other ways of being infected mate

>>57046049
i did. you're wrong

>>57046049
You are wrong

>>57046089
No u r

>>57046102
No u are

>>57045938
Mirai runs on linux. Do you know what you are talking about?

>>57046131
So does bash. What's your fucking point?

C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!

>>57046140
Lol
>Mirai == bash
K
>>57046140

>>57046168
Nice reading comprehension. Where's your caretaker?

>>57046210
LOLOLOLOLOL
BEST INSULT OF THE YEAR
Here are you Internet cool guy points
You get.... 5!!!!
Good job.

>>57045339
Ever misspelled a package name? I hope I didn't.

>>57046248
>>>/b/

>>57046286
>>/dad/

>>57045901
Mirai is a virus that targets IoT devices because they are the only devices vulnerable to it because the manufacturers use shitty outdated software. If you don't want it to affect you, don't buy a fridge with 50 cameras on it. It's that fucking simple.

>>57046357
Lol
>shitty and outdated
Have you read the source? It need not be shifty and outdated
Just misconfigured.

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>>57046248
why are you so mad

>>57046383
by the manufacturer.

>>57045898
>>57045988

And they don't detect any of the 16 Linux viruses actually. They're to scan stuff you're gonna share with Windows computers.

>>57046388
Because everyone on this board keeps trolling me. God I hate this board so much. You guys suck. I'm so mad.

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>>57046473
I'm sorry pal, I'll stop trolling you now, I promise.

> Windows Defender plus Common Sense 2016

Literally how is this too hard for people?

>>57046524
Pls ;_; I hate how mean you are. I just can't take it.
Fair warning: don't use Linux tomorrow, I like some of you.

>>57046571
I'm sorry ;-; I was just trying to impress you. Can we still be friends?

>>57046566
Some people are incredibly stupid/careless. I usually get these types to use Linux where they can have safe spaces repositories to protect them from themselves much like putting toddlers in play pens to stop them fucking themselves up with grown-ups stuff.

>>57042815
Drive-by downloads, non-exe files with exploit code in them, hackers/viruses exploiting a service your computer is running, ...

just buy a mac

>>57042712
I got ransomware like 5 years ago, and got lucky.

Does it still only target OS associated folders (libraries, Windows, Program Files, etc?)

Because my giant fucking Temp folder, which in reality was my Everything folder, dodged the bullet with CryptoWall.

>>57046684
>files with exploit code
>exploit code

Something like "exploit code" doesn't exist in legit files. But there could be "exploitable code", dumbshit.

>>57042941
Sure kiddo, keep believing that :^)

>>57045988
those are mostly for services, like email and file hosting, to make sure that you don't propagate any viruses through your services