Paying ransom for … your own files?

Have you ever wondered how much your personal files are worth to you? Pictures, documents, e-mails. They all belong to a huge list of things you just don’t want to lose. A newly created worm takes advantage of this: by locking up your computer until you have paid ransom for the release of it.

The prices are higher the more files are on your computer, so business managers might do good installing some specialized software against these hostage situations. My recommended solutions can be found in this previous post, no one likes to wake up one day seeing only a screen saying a price and a number to dial…

Rogue MP3 Trojan streaks across P2P networks

There is a new trojan on the loose that is spreading like a real worm, spreading through P2P, over half a million computers are known to be affected and have become spreaders themself. Both McAfee and Norton Internet Security have no clue on stopping it, thank god for the alternatives: one of my own computers had been a host for the worm for two weeks until I scanned it with MicroAntivirus.

Based on source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/07/mp3_trojan_blitz/