Comments on: Warn users about the ‘most costly’ scam of 2010 http://www.docucrunch.com/warn-users-about-the-most-costly-scam-of-2010 Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:40:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jim http://www.docucrunch.com/warn-users-about-the-most-costly-scam-of-2010/comment-page-1#comment-3474 Jim Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:33:47 +0000 http://www.docucrunch.com/?p=2811#comment-3474 it boggles my mind how the folks selling the malware are allowed to continue this scam year after year - it's not like they are hard to find - it's the same ones, they have annual updates and rename their stuff with the extention 2008 - 2009 - 2010 ~ this isn't new ~ it boggles my mind how the folks selling the malware are allowed to continue this scam year after year – it’s not like they are hard to find – it’s the same ones, they have annual updates and rename their stuff with the extention 2008 – 2009 – 2010 ~ this isn’t new ~

]]> By: Bob http://www.docucrunch.com/warn-users-about-the-most-costly-scam-of-2010/comment-page-1#comment-3463 Bob Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:50:10 +0000 http://www.docucrunch.com/?p=2811#comment-3463 The other big trend for 2010 will be RANDSOMware. Randsomware encrypts data on your hard drive, effectively holding it hostage until you put in a credit card number. Once the user puts in valid credit card data, expecting to be charged $10 or whatever the randsomware is asking for, they are charged thousands of dollars as their credit card is exploited. There are openly-available "hacks" to safely remove the most popular randsomware floating around right now. The other big trend for 2010 will be RANDSOMware. Randsomware encrypts data on your hard drive, effectively holding it hostage until you put in a credit card number.

Once the user puts in valid credit card data, expecting to be charged $10 or whatever the randsomware is asking for, they are charged thousands of dollars as their credit card is exploited.

There are openly-available “hacks” to safely remove the most popular randsomware floating around right now.

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