What is the Crypto Locker Virus and how can PC Avoid this Malware?

What is CryptoLocker virus?

The CryptoLocker virus comes in the category of Trojan. It runs on the Microsoft windows platform and was first detected in the year 2013. It was a ransom Trojan that enters in a system different sources. One of the main sources is email and zipped attachments. The ZIP file has an exe file with an icon of a PDF file. Now, as we all know, Windows does not show the file extension. People who are professionals will definitely check the file's extension, but a person who is not so familiar with the computers will become an easy target.

How to Avoid Malware?

 What if every day a new threat were on the horizon? 

 It would be seemingly overwhelming!  

But what if every day tens of thousands of new threats were appearing, and the majority has yet to be identified?  

Scary as that may seem, we must face reality and realize that is the world we live in today. And for that reason there is no way to protect from malware, except for using reliable antivirus software.

Always knocking on the door

Your computer is just like your house; internet works as a door to enter into a computer. If your internet connection is not secure,  malware can anytime knock on the door and enter into the PC, even without the permission. But it will happen if your PC is not secured by any anti-malware tool. 

How to recover from PC virus attack?

Computers have been fighting with the viruses, as long as our generation cares to remember. There are many ways to stay away from PC virus attack but what if the virus has already attacked your system and you want to get it recovered from the experience?

Here is how you can go about it.