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The new plague: Computer viruses that extort you

Ransomware, a particularly annoying breed of computer virus, is spreading like the plague. This malware locks you out of your computer files until you pay up — and it is proving incredibly difficult to exterminate.

http://money.cnn.com/2014/07/09/technology/security/ransomware

This entry was posted in General Information on July 10, 2014 by thorcarlson.

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