Peaches Posted March 25, 2009 Report Share Posted March 25, 2009 Mar24 Data-for-ransom Syndicates Strike Online by Jonathan Leopando (Technical Communications) img {max-width:650px;width: expression(this.width > 650 ? 650: true);border-style:none; } How much is your data worth? A great deal, perhaps, for most of us. Naturally, cybercriminals keep coming up with new ways to exploit this. The new attack? Taking a page out of offline criminal syndicates, now your data is being held for ransom–literally. This latest bit of malware, detected by Trend Micro as TROJ_FAKEALE.BG, is yet another variant of the notorious fake antivirus malware that has been the rage in recent months. It arrives as a utility that claims to have found corrupted files on the affected system. To recover the files, you need to download the paid version of the program–which will then proceed to recover the said files. Trend Micro for details & screenshots - http://blog.trendmicro.com Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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