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{{Orphan|date=November 2006}}
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PGPCoder is a Trojan that encrypts files on the infected computer and then asks for a fee in order to release these files. It has also been called GPcode. This is a new type of behavior, rarely seen until now, and to which the FBI in the United States are now alert.
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Since the decryption key can be trivially derived from the Trojan
antivirus companies have been able to develop a complete "cure" for the
data modifications that this Trojan makes.{{Fact|date=June 2008}}<!-- not present in sources credited below --> It follows that PGPcoder is not a true
cryptotrojan.{{Fact|date=June 2008}}<!-- conclusion not present in sources credited below -->
public key of the attacker. In cryptoviral extortion, the malware hybrid encrypts
the victim's data using the attacker's public key. Analysis of the malware does not
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have no recourse but to pay the extortionist or lose the data. This attack is one of many
in the field known as [[Cryptovirology]]. Victims of PGPcoder are lucky that it is
not a true cryptotrojan and therefore does not carry out cryptoviral extortion.{{Fact|date=June 2008}}<!-- commentary not present in sources credited below -->
credits 1: http://forums.maddoktor2.com/index.php?s=49f622ff62e8bd1a3612d45d35f78708&showtopic=4532&st=0&#entry26348
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