My wife had one that derived from a popup that said something to the effect of your computer has been infected blah blah blah click here to remove virus...she clicked and got the virus (grrr...and she wonders why I don't allow her on my computer hehehe)
This is where your system actually gets infected and then you keep getting directed to a page to download software to remove it (and you have to pay for it). There are ways to go in and remove it manually...not too much of a PIA... ------------------------------------ Three Ravens Consulting Eric Roberts Owner/Developer ow...@threeravensconsulting.com tel: 630-486-5255 fax: 630-310-8531 http://www.threeravensconsulting.com ------------------------------------ -----Original Message----- From: Cameron Childress [mailto:camer...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 3:47 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: The next hacking trick: Ransomware You've seen this in person? On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 4:39 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <chumph...@gmail.com>wrote: > We've all seen them - viruses, trojans, worms, rootkits, malware, > scareware... > > I've just seen my first case of what can only be called Ransomware. > > Simply put, it locks the user into a screen that says, "This is the > FBI, you've been doing something wrong and we're fining you $200. You > can't use your computer until you go buy a $200 MoneyPak and give us > the number for it." > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:355638 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
