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> Am 05.09.2017 um 20:03 schrieb Richard Gaskin via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>: > > The link is direct to a PDF (a format which is not entirely without its risks > I suppose) but isn't embedded within a page that has JavaScript. Indeed, it's > not an an HTML page at all. > Even if the link seems to direct to a file, this could not be the case. The following link for example directs also to a pdf https://qck.biz/sample.pdf <https://qck.biz/sample.pdf> but the server redirects that link to a .lc file which outputs some text and runs a javascript (just an popup box). So you never can be sure. ;) Matthias > So does the PDF itself contain ransomware, and if so which variant? And how > quickly after clicking the link did the encrypting begin? I opened that PDF > in Chrome an hour ago. I have multiple backups, but it would be helpful to > know if I need to budget time today to prepare for recovery. > > If not, what link are you referring to? > > > @Richmond: why do you suppose the publisher doesn't have a domain name? > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ____________________________________________________________________ > ambassa...@fourthworld.com <mailto:ambassa...@fourthworld.com> > http://www.FourthWorld.com <http://www.fourthworld.com/> > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
