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Virlock: First Self-Reproducing Ransomware is also a Shape Shifter

Posted on April 9, 2025
Win32/VirLock is ransomware that locks victims’ screens but also acts as parasitic virus, infecting existing files on their computers. The virus is also polymorphic, which makes it an interesting piece of malware to analyze. This is the first time such combination of malware features has been observed.
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