Cryptolocker vs Comodo’s Containment Technology

Cryptolocker vs Comodo’s Containment Technology

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Cryptolocker, the ransomware Trojan, works like this:

1. Reads a file
2. Encrypts that file
3. Overwrites original file with encrypted file
4. Demands ransom

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But when Cryptolocker meets Comodo’s Containment technology, any new unknown file goes into Comodo Containment.
The results are devastating to Cryptolocker:

1. Reads a file
2. Encrypts that file
3. Cryptolocker FAILS miserably…because, with Comodo Containment, malware can’t alter hard disk data—It can only alter a virtual hard disk which Comodo provides you within containment.
Which means…
4. A happy Comodo user

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