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Fantom ransomware pretends to be Windows Update

 
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 27, 2016 4:56 pm    Post subject: Fantom ransomware pretends to be Windows Update Reply with quote
ing to install a critical update. In reality, it is encrypting user's files. Discovered by Jakub Kroustek of AVG Technologies, the 'Fantom' ransomware plays tricks on potential victims by dropping an executable program named 'a.exe.' To cloak its malicious activity, the file's properties state that it contains a 'critical...read more
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