Is it able to encrypt FULL active HDD ?
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Hi!
Is it able to encrypt full active HDD or just only C:\ Drive ? or Desktop ?
Hey :-) Crypter only encrypts the current user's home directory (C:\Users\<username>), as well as any and all attached drives, network shares etc.
It purposely does not encrypt from the root of C:\ and it does this for good reason. Lets's say the victim receives Crypter as an Email attachment, or as a link in an Email, which they open and run. If Crypter starts to encrypt every file and folder on C:\ then applications and perhaps even the OS itself might stop working.
This could alert the user to the presence of Crypter before the ransomware has even been able to touch any files of real value (private documents, images etc.). Ransomware should only be interested in encrypting data, and this is why Crypter looks at the user's home directory, as well as attached drives and network shares. This is where valuable data most often resides.
If there's a specific reason in mind for encrypting other locations then let me know and I'll consider implementing it :-)
Closing due to inactivity