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Title: 'Ransomware' Extorts Payment With Phone Call
Post by: Marc57 on January 18, 2008, 09:04:21 AM

Here's something new to watch out for.

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/140949/ransomware_extorts_payment_with_phone_call.html

Title: Re: 'Ransomware' Extorts Payment With Phone Call
Post by: CharleyO on January 19, 2008, 07:31:03 AM

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Good reason to use an answering machine ... I always do.


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Title: Re: 'Ransomware' Extorts Payment With Phone Call
Post by: RejZoR on January 19, 2008, 07:34:12 AM

Makes me wonder what can trojan "dial" on DSL line since it's not a phone line but a completelly different type of connection.
Same goes to classic dialers which are completelly useless on PCs with such connections...

Title: Re: 'Ransomware' Extorts Payment With Phone Call
Post by: Marc57 on January 19, 2008, 08:53:30 AM

From what I understand, it locks up the computer and then presents the owner with a 900 number that they either dial, or the computer stays locked.

Title: Re: 'Ransomware' Extorts Payment With Phone Call
Post by: oldman on January 20, 2008, 07:33:52 AM

Quote from: marc57 on January 19, 2008, 08:53:30 AM

From what I understand, it locks up the computer and then presents the owner with a 900 number that they either dial, or the computer stays locked.

That's the way I read it.