Ransomware and scammy tech support sites team up for a vicious one-two punch

PC World
Dec 1, 2015, 8:56 pm153 pts
Symantec has seen a curious fusing of two pernicious online threats, which would cause a big headache if encountered by users. Some websites offering questionable tech support services are also dishing up ransomware, which locks up a users files until they pay a fee to decrypt them. The support scams involve…

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