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Update: CryptoDefense rebranded to CryptoWall

After the fortune they reaped with CryptoDefense, not only did the crooks buy more computers from a bot net. They also rebranded it to 'CryptoWall' and made considerable changes to its website: + Multilanguage Support + Slight color changes in their website. Now it looks nicer, I confess. + Support (You can message them in case you need help)  - Their English sucks, so I haven't noticed any improvement in this area. * Ransomware notes are now named as: DECRYPT_INSTRUCTION.txt DECRYPT_INSTRUCTION.html DECRYPT_INSTRUCTION.url What does it mean to 'buy computers'? Most computers that were hit by this nasty ransomware had been previosuly infected by a botnet. A botnet is a network of infected computers that can be spied and controlled by their masters (those who own the botnet network).  These computer programs are usually used to gather users' credentials to home-banking and to perform DDoS attacks on websites, etc. (Yes, you can pay these croo