Gameover Zeus and Cryptolocker: how to protect yourself

Security advice site remains offline 24 hours after revelation of Gameover Zeus cyber threat

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More than 24 hours after people were told they have just two weeks to protect themselves against an online security threat known as Gameover Zeus, the government website that provides internet safety advice remains offline.

Police in the US and Europe said on Monday that they had disrupted two major online crime sprees that are thought to have netted hundreds of millions of dollars since they began in 2011. Two pieces of malicious software, or malware, known as Gameover Zeus and an associated viral scam known as Cryptolocker were taken offline.

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