Russian hackers launched a new, powerful “program extortionists.” She blackmails the owner, gives time to pay, and then “kill” all files. That’s how the system works. On the problem reported programmers, though arguing that such hackers can bargain.
«Program extortionists” – a kind of computer code that blocks access to PC files so the time until you can pay hackers fraudsters a tidy sum. In most cases, the person is given a certain time, after which, it just destroy data.
Troldash – so called the new, powerful, malevolent strain described Natalia Kolesov, a specialist in this field. According to her, “worm”, when released into your system PC, blocks access to data, though all except e-mail – with the help of her fraudsters negotiate. This virus is different from the others. If earlier the attackers tried to be seen, but now they are directly communicating with the victim and demanding ransom.
The new program is distributed using spam. After installation, this malicious file, it blocks access and displays a message that you need to pay. The programmer has tried to contact the scammers. She was working on the computer with a virus. To unlock it offered to pay 250 euros and told how to do it. However Kolesov arranged test. She tried to find out the answer to the machine is generated, or it communicates with a live person.
The programmer quickly responded. On the request to lower the price a little bit, they kindly responded so specialist begged a 15% discount. But this has not stopped Natalya. After long negotiations, she was allowed to pay 7000 rubles, which is 2 times less than the original cost. Kolesov made the following conclusion: “If I had continued to trade with electronic fraudsters, redemption would reduce even more».
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