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Copyright violation alert ransomware in the wild
- From: Brian Warkoczeski
- Date: Tue Apr 13 08:24:11 2010
Copyright violation alert ransomware in the wild
By Dancho Danchev
April 13, 2010
www.zdnet.com
A currently ongoing ransomware campaign is using a novel approach to
extort money from end users whose PCs have been locked down.
By pretending to be the fake ICPP Foundation (icpp-online.com), the
ransomware locks down the user’s desktop issuing a “Copyright violation:
copyrighted content detected” message, which lists torrent files found
on the infected PC, and forces the user to pay $400 for the copyright
holder’s fine, emphasizing on the fact that “the maximum penalties can
be five years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines.
More details on the campaign:
Upon execution the ransomware will change the Desktop’s wallpaper to the
“Warning! Piracy detected!” background.
* Consider going through the The Ultimate Guide to Scareware Protection
to find out more about how malware/scareware and ransomware propagates,
and how to avoid falling victim into the scam
For the rest of the article see:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=6095&tag=nl.e550
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