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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

The new plague: Computer viruses that extort you - Jul. 9, 2014

Ransomware, a particularly annoying breed of computer virus, is spreading like the plague. This malware locks you out of your computer files until you pay up -- and it is proving incredibly difficult to exterminate.

A major ransomware operation called Cryptolocker was supposedly halted by the FBI in May. Not so fast, security experts say. It's only a setback.


The new plague: Computer viruses that extort you - Jul. 9, 2014

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