Caution to the misleading Windows update e-mail which they introduce ransomware which locks the data on the computer, and ransom is required to unlock them.
Η Microsoft in January of the new year will end its support Windows 7 and those left in the old operating system are transferred to the new environment and Windows 10 to continue receiving security updates and Microsoft support.
According to a report Trustwave, malicious users send misleading Windows update emails that introduce ransomware that locks the data on the computer and requires a ransom to unlock them.
The attackers spammers the users by e-mail and the messages have a subject "Install Latest Microsoft Windows Update Now! ” the "Critical Microsoft Windows Update! ”. The emails are supposed to have been sent by Microsoft and include a sentence that starts with two capital letters. Malicious users ask you to click on an attachment to download the "latest critical update".
These attachments end in .jpg but are actually malicious .NET downloader which will integrate the malware into your computer. The ransomware is called bitcoingeneration.exe and encrypts the recipient's files in a file “Cyborg_DECRYPT.txtWhich is stored on the desktop and asks $ 500 in Bitcoin to unlock the files.
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