Growing Threat Of Ransomware
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Have you heard of ransomware yet? This is where your machine gets infected with a Trojan that then threatens to delete files unless you pay up some cash.
A new Trojan, dubbed Ransom-A by antivirus company Sophos, carries a nasty message that demands a $10.99 payment, or it will delete one file every 30 minutes. Payment is demanded via the Western Union money transfer service. The Trojan claims that paying up will release a disarming code that can be used to neutralise the threat. As to whether this code actually works, or if you even get it, remains a mystery.
A new Trojan, dubbed Ransom-A by antivirus company Sophos, carries a nasty message that demands a $10.99 payment, or it will delete one file every 30 minutes. Payment is demanded via the Western Union money transfer service. The Trojan claims that paying up will release a disarming code that can be used to neutralise the threat. As to whether this code actually works, or if you even get it, remains a mystery.
Source: TechSpot"This Trojan horse is designed to take your data hostage and tries to scare users into paying up quickly by threatening to wipe files one-by-one," Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, said in the statement.
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i thought the exact same thing, but wow, thats WAY worse!
"Transfer to this account number, it is an offshore account which will then be forwarded through 13 consecutive accounts throughout the globe..." blah blah.
Don't you watch the movies!? :rolleyes2
Yes, I just leave reality in my hall closet before I attend any movie....