We've found yet another malware piece, this time it is a ransomware to take some of your money. Once you get infected (you can receive it in a number of different ways, most likely via spam messages and P2P), your computer is restarted. What for? Well, the malware installs itself to run every time your computer is started. And at the very beginning, just after you log in, it will show you the following screen:
With my English an Spanish knowledge I was able to understand what it was saying in German, but I translated it just in case. The threat is clear: your Microsoft Windows authenticity could not be verified, you need to have it fixed, which is just a 100€ payment. They give you the payment instructions and before saying goodbye they let you know that in case you don’t pay you’ll lose access to the computer and will lose all your data, as well as that the district attorney’s office has already your IP address and that you’ll be prosecuted in case you fail to pay the 100€ in 48 hours.
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btw i like the "as well as that the district attorney’s office has already your IP address and that you’ll be prosecuted in case you fail to pay the 100€ in 48 hours."
