How to salvage data lost to Gpcode.ak encryptor virus

By Ellen Messmer

Network World

June 16, 2008

Kaspersky says Gpcode.ak works by making a copy of the original file it wishes to kidnap using 1,028-bit encryption, then deleting the original. However, "it doesn't wipe the file from the system," says Roel Schouwenberg, senior antivirus research analyst at the security company.... Read More.