That one hit one of the users computers when I ran a small association's network a couple of years ago. It was a bear to get rid of.
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 5:04 PM, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > 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:355639 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
