What is Crypt0L0cker?
Crypt0L0cker is classified as a ransomware
which appears to be a direct descendant of TorrentLocker. Like other
ransomware, it is able to encrypt certain files on your computer and demand
payment before you can gain access to your own files. Unlike other versions of encryption type ransomware, Crypt0L0cker excludes several files with specific extensions. This includes avi, wav, mp3, gif, ico, png, bmp, txt, html, inf, manigest, url, dll, exe, and others. It often infiltrates your
computer using infected email message attachments. Once infected, this
ransomware will disable any security function running on the target computer
and then display messages of what it has done to your files.
