In the vein of fake computer lockers everywhere, such as the Trojan.Ransomlock, Trojan.Fakeavlock, and Trojan.Winlock families, comes Trojan.Shadowlock. Unlike any of its predecessors however, this malware “encourages” users to fill out an online survey instead of outright demanding an online payoff. Online surveys in general return very little money, but they do eventually add up […]
Ransomware – malicious files designed to lock an end-user out of their desktop while demanding lots of money in return – have been a bit of a plague this year, perhaps stealing the limelight from Ye Olde Fake AV as it attacks PCs with everything from random websites to infections targeting Skype users. Someone had […]
A day or two ago, our friends at Symantec released a blog post about the growing success of "ransomware". (They also have a whitepaper here, and a nice gallery of screenshots of several variations here.) Briefly, ransomware is malware that either locks up a computer, or encrypts data files, and then offers to restore access […]
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