Month: November 2014

When I first decided I was going to do an article on this, I thought it would be short and sweet especially after reading up on how some actual parents are more in to the fandom than there children are. Which really should be surprising, after all the Furry Fandom is old enough to where some of it’s original fans would have kids in their late teens to early 20s.

I have read and heard such marvelous stories of how parents have hijacked their offsprings fursuits. In one case they wanted their son to make a copy of one they were building.

But it was only after I posted this topic on a furry forum of how some struggle to let family members know they are 100% now furry. Although most parents have no problem, other than their children freaking out after seeing stacks of furry comics at home. Bought by one of their parents.

It’s like telling your parents that your gay, which is hard to believe in these enlightened times. But it still happens. Being Furry has it’s ups and downs which I know first hand. But there are good things within the fandom, an instant understanding to the problems we all face.

In other words we watch each others back.

So in conclusion there is no easy answer in telling your family that your a furry and you like to spend real money for a fursuit. I even will admit that there is some that don’t know I am a furry, while others instantly accept the idea. Like a good friend who calls me “Wolfy”.

I hope to take them to Midwest Furfest next month…I hope to see you there.

CoinVault is a new ransomware from the same family as CryptoGraphic Locker. Once infected, CoinVault will encrypt all of your data files and then demand a .7 bitcoin ransom to decrypt your files. If you do not pay the ransom within 24 hours, the ransom price will increase. It is strongly advised that you do not pay the ransom and instead try to restore your files from backups or Shadow Volume Copies.

When you become infected with CoinVault it will configure itself to start automatically when you login to Windows by setting an autostart in the Registry called Vault. The application will then scan your drives for data files and encrypt any that are detected. It will store the path to each file it encrypts in the %Temp%\CoinVaultFileList.txt file. The file extensions that CoinVault targets are:

.odt, .ods, .odp, .odm, .odc, .odb, .doc, .docx, .docm, .wps, .xls, .xlsx, .xlsm, .xlsb, .xlk, .ppt, .pptx, .pptm, .mdb, .accdb, .pst, .dwg, .dxf, .dxg, .wpd, .rtf, .wb2, .mdf, .dbf, .psd, .pdd, .pdf, .eps, .ai, .indd, .cdr, .dng, .3fr, .arw, .srf, .sr2, .mp3, .bay, .crw, .cr2,.dcr, .kdc, .erf, .mef, .mrw, .nef, .nrw, .orf, .raf, .raw, .rwl, .rw2, .r3d, .ptx, .pef, .srw, .x3f, .lnk, .der, .cer, .crt, .pem, .pfx,.p12, .p7b, .p7c, .jpg, .png, .jfif, .jpeg, .gif, .bmp, .exif, .txtWhen it has finished encrypting your data it will then display a ransom screen that explains how you can pay a ransom to decrypt your files. Each infected user will also be assigned a different bitcoin address to make it harder to monitor payments for this malware. Unlike most other ransomware, CoinVault does not use a decryption site and instead the malware itself acts as the decrypter and payment system. This infection will also terminate almost all executables that are started to make it harder to remove.

Finally, this infection will change your Windows wallpaper to the background below:

The best way to avoid the hassle of any Ransomware is to Back up your files. is to have regular offline or offsite backups. Since file encrypting ransomware goes after all hard drives that are active, including 2nd internal, USB and network