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Virus Hold Computer Files 'Hostage' for $200

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it'd-be-funnier-if-it-wasn't-scary dept.

dwayner79 sent in a story about a new virus making the rounds- this one is unique because it locks your files and then demands a $200 ransom to get them back. It seems to me that this might leave some sort of tracable money trail. They don't have much information on any particular transmission mechanism, they just talk about web pages giving it up.

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  1. Re:I call hoax by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    South Africa is not a third world country you ignorant twat.

    But it and the US are the only countries in the western world not to provide healthcare for all it's residents. You could call that third world.

  2. My money is on Eastern Europe or Asia by glrotate · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Those people don't to seem to have many qualms about electronic theft.

  3. Re:There are two types of computer users by Bassman59 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    "1) Those who have lost data 2) Those who will loose data"

    And those who don't know how to fucking spell.

  4. Re:This makes me wonder... by XMyth · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You're an idiot.