Peaches Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 Smut page ransomware Trojan ransacks browsersPay or it'll displayBy John Leyden 27th July 2009 14:44 GMTRussian cybercrooks have come up with a variant of ransomware scams, which works by displaying an invasive advert for online smut in users' browsers that victims are extorted to pay to remove.The Ransompage Trojan will display a persistent ad inline on every page that a surfer on an infected Windows machine visits. The ad for a pornographic website covers parts of the original webpage, making it even more annoying. Accompanying Russian-language text instructs victims that in order to remove the ad - and gain access to an online smut site in the process - they need to send a premium rate text message.details - theregister - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/27/ransompage_trojan/>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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