Heise Online
"As well as encrypting files on a victim's computer, a new strain of ransomware discovered by security specialist Sophos
threatens to contact the police about certain types of files if the
system's owner doesn't pay a ransom of €3,000. As usual with this type
of malware, when trying to access data that has supposedly been
encrypted, users are presented with a message that instructs them to
send a unique ID number to an email address – in this case a Gmail or
Live address – to obtain a password to unlock their files once they have
paid the ransom.
However, according to Sophos's Graham Cluley, the Troj/Ransom-HC
trojan takes things one step further by advising users that if they
don't pay the ransom within 96 hours, the criminals will send a report
to the police with a "special password" that will unlock files, said to
contain spamming software and child pornography, on the system."
Should this happen to you, don't panic. They are phishing for your information, and hope that you'll make the mistake of paying them.
Us this link to contact the FBI: http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx
Provide all the information they ask for.
NEVER give out personal information to an unsolicited contact!
Stay sharp!
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