Beware of Ransomeware!

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Ransomeware


WHAT IS RANSOMWARE?
Ransomware is a type of malicious computer software that threatens the user to take some destructive or harmful actions. Ransomware demands the victim to pay up in order to stop it from running a payload or restore modified or stolen information. Typical parasites are usually trojans, malicious computer programs, which are disguised as harmless applications. Such pests get secretly installed to the system.

A typical payload of ransomware parasites is encrypting files containing important, vital data, deleting user sensitive information, corrupting the system or installed software, stealing confidential documents, user identity details, etc.

First of all, most ransomware parasites run a payload. Then they ask the user to pay the ransom in order to restore lost data or bring the system or installed software to its initial state. If the user pays up, he or she receives certain passwords, codes, special instructions or utilities that allow restoring the information or the system. In some cases, ransomware parasites make this automatically. However, one can never know whether the author of the parasite is actually going to remove the threat or just take user money. Navigate to ransomware parasites.

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[AshtonBlack]

uhuh.... why the exclamation mark? Surely anyone online these days is familiar with the dark side too?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

uhuh.... why the exclamation mark? Surely anyone online these days is familiar with the dark side too?

Them crooks make me mad. :pissed:

[AshtonBlack]

uhuh.... why the exclamation mark? Surely anyone online these days is familiar with the dark side too?

Them crooks make me mad. :pissed:

It's natural selection at work. In the early days gits like this only stung gambling and porn sites, 'cos they were like mostly likely to pay. Then as the targets harden, they move onto less and less profitable targets, till they get to Joe Schmo. (pity Joe). Evolution in action folks...