Many of us have had our fair share of computer viruses through the years and if you're really unlucky, you may have experienced the horror of having your computer or files held hostage by a so-called "enforcement agency law". This type of threat is called ransomware and, unfortunately, its authors are intensifying efforts to try to strengthen the credibility of its posts
police ransomware on the theme becomes increasingly common -. It usually consists of a sensitive location messages that inform the user that their computer has been locked because they were downloaded or viewed illegal content. The threat of having malware of this type on your computer is worrying enough without news of a new more complex variant of this infection on the subject was recently discovered. Over the weekend, an independent malware analyst discovered Kafeine 'Kovter' ransomware that gathers information from the user's browser history on the infected computer in an attempt to make the scam seem more plausible.
The infection of websites cross-references in the browsing history with porn sites list - which may or may not host illegal content - and then displays all the corresponding sites in his message ' law enforcement ", which also lists infected computer's IP address and host name. If it can not find a site to match, it takes just a porn site at random and displays instead. The authors are obviously hoping that by including a site that the victim recently visited, most infected users will pay the ransom. - And if you did not know better, it might be enough to convince you
Kaspersky Lab says the infection attempts by law enforcement on the theme ransomware doubled in early 2013, February and March see the distribution levels of threat at a record level. With malware authors doing all they can to trick users, it is more sensible to invest in a VPN service. A VPN allows you to surf the Internet more safely by adding an extra layer of protection to your connection. But if you do happen to get caught by ransomware, the board is looking for a solution on another computer -. And never pay what they ask, no matter how official the threat seems
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