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Why entice people to play a game when you can force them.

postlarvalpostlarval Member EpicPosts: 2,003
in General Gaming
At first I thought this might be an April Fools joke, but then noticed it was posted on the 9th.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/pubg-ransomware-decrypts-your-files-if-you-play-playerunknowns-battlegrounds/

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  • postlarvalpostlarval Member EpicPosts: 2,003
    Forgot to add...

    It's easy to get out of, but probably an annoyance depending on how many files it encrypts.
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  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    It's still a virus so fuck the twit that did it, but he gets a couple of extra fanboi points. 
    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community ... but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots”

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  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,000
    Always have backups of your most important files or at least clone your drive every once in awhile.

    "We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa      "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are."  SR Covey

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