'Ransomware' Extorts Payment With Phone Call

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Here’s something new to watch out for.

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/140949/ransomware_extorts_payment_with_phone_call.html

2

Good reason to use an answering machine … I always do.

3

Makes me wonder what can trojan “dial” on DSL line since it’s not a phone line but a completelly different type of connection.
Same goes to classic dialers which are completelly useless on PCs with such connections…

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From what I understand, it locks up the computer and then presents the owner with a 900 number that they either dial, or the computer stays locked.

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That’s the way I read it.