Akukho nto inokuthetha ngaphandle kwento esiyibonayo kwisihloko seli nqaku, Ukhuphelo olungekho mthethweni yingxaki kubasebenzisi abaqhubeka nokucinga ukuba izicelo zokuhlawula zikhutshiwe kumnatha lukhetho olufanelekileyo. Kule meko, i-malware efunyenweyo ibizwa ngokuba yi "Patcher" kwaye into eyenzayo ngokukodwa kukuzigcina ifihliwe kwiintanda zezicelo ezikhutshelweyo kwaye xa siqhuba usetyenziso, into eyenzayo kukufihla iifayile ukuze abasebenzisi bahlawule isixa seebhitcoins (ewe imali ebonakalayo) ukufumana ikhowudi yokuvula ngeveki okanye ngeyure. Nangona behlawula iikhowudi, abanakuze bafike kwaye iifayile ezifihliweyo yile malware zinokuthathwa njengezilahlekile.
Ngokucacileyo, intlawulo nge-bitcoin ayixhaphakanga kwaye ayingabo bonke abasebenzisi abanokufikelela, kodwa abo banokufikelela kule mali kufuneka bahlawule malunga nama-euro angama-250 ukuze babethelele iifayile xa sele befakelwe i-malware kwi-Mac. Kule meko, i-malware iyajikeleza KwiBitTorrent kunye noMarc-Etienne M. Leveillé ubephethe indawo yokufumana nokwenza uluntu olu malware Iphuhliswa nge-Swift ngendlela ebukrelekrele kakhulu kwaye ayisebenzi kangako kodwa hayi ngenxa yeso sizathu singasebenzi.
Into elungileyo kukuba uhlale kude nesoftware engekho semthethweni kwimiba enje, kwaye kukho iimeko ezininzi nangakumbi apho bafunyanwa khona I-malware kwizicelo ezi-pirated okanye ezo zicelo zokwenza iikhowudi ilayisensi yesicelo esiyifumana kumnatha. Kule meko, ifunyenwe kwiOfisi ka-2016 yeMac kunye neAdobe Premiere Pro CC 2017, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo olu hlobo lwe-malware lunokuvela xa ungalindelanga.