A particularly nasty new “ransomware” virus has started to appear on the radar of security companies at the end of mid-September. Cryptolocker, as it was later coined, amazed security experts with the innovative way it extorts money from the targets that it infects using unbreakable, industry standard file encryption. What does it do? When infected, Cryptolocker causes your machine to … Read More
Computer Viruses – Who, What, How and Why
Some of the most common questions that we hear from customers revolve around computer viruses: “How did I get this virus?”. “What exactly is a virus?”. “Who writes them and why?”. So, in the post, I’ll focus on the How, What, Who and Why of viruses. As a follow up post, I’ll talk about what you can do to protect … Read More