What is Cryptorbit?
Cryptorbit is a newly released malware that is categorized as ranosmware infection, mainly aiming at individuals. This type of ransomware is a hack tool designed by cyber criminals for kid napping, which is similar as the Council of Europe Scam virus. Basically, Cryptorbit ransom virus could permeate into a targeted machine easily with the help of its advanced SEO techniques. To be specific, malware distributors may spread the activation code of Cryptorbit virus on some malicious websites or other legitimate web pages that have been compromised. When users click on those infected URLs, the infection could invade computer without any permission or knowledge. Meanwhile, Cryptorbit ransomware may be also packaged with some “free” applications’ downloads that seem to be standard for users. Once being installed, Cryptorbit ransom will forcibly restrict the access to Windows that it infects while encrypting user’s personal files on affected machine. These may include videos, photos and documents.
