New viruses demand ransoms

01 May 2006

The latest trend in malicious viruses is to infect a machine, encrypt a user’s data, and then demand a ransom should the user want his data back. The approach itself is not new, with a report by Kaspersky Lab on malware evolution at Viruslist.com suggesting the first case of virus blackmail dates back to 1989. Full Story

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