Ransomware is a new term for spyware that actually extorts money from you, and it’s sweeping the world like wildfire.
In a nutshell, imagine you wake up one day to find that all of your files have been encrypted on your computer. That’s right, you’re now unable to access anything at all, because a piece of spyware has rendered them completely inaccessable by you, the computer owner.
That’s bad enough, but now, the bad guys are taking it a step further, and are actually holding your files hostage, and offering to give you access again if you’ll pay a ransom! Really!
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