June 2nd, 2006

New Spyware Blackmails Users Into Purchasing Software

Ah this is almost like Ransomeware again, messing up your machine then extorting money from you.

Make sure you educate your non tech savvy relatives about such threats, spyware, adware, trojans and worm type viruses. Education is THE most powerful defence against malware and computer security incidents.
Some simple patching, a free Antivirus protection like Avast! Using [...]

April 28th, 2006

Trojan Writers Coding for Money - Freezes PC for Ransom

A new term has been coined, yes indeed..
Ransomeware
That’s what they are calling this new threat, infects your PC then freezes it until you send some people some money.

A new kind of malware circulating on the Internet freezes a computer and then asks for a ransom paid through the Western Union Holdings money transfer service.
A sample [...]


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