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PC's for Ransom
Name: PC Bob Date: July 28, 2006 at 06:14:44 Pacific OS: XP PRO CPU/Ram: 2000+/512 Product: AMD
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This may already be known, but just in case, here is an article about new virus/spyware that encrypts your data files and then holds it for ransom to get it un-encrypted. Scary stuff.
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