Shadowlock ransom Trojan demands victims fill in survey for unlock key

JMH

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Apr 2, 2012
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Symantec has discovered a bizarre ransom Trojan that eschews the usual demand for payment in favour of asking its victims to fill in an online survey to get an unlock code.

Given the name 'Shadowlock' by the security firm, the underlying engineering of the Trojan is much the same as any one of the numerous other examples of ransomware.

Infected Windows PCs display a dialogue box asking for the unlock code and the hint that they can find it after visiting a website linking to a list of different prize surveys or by downloading unnecessary software such as a media player.

Shadowlock ransom Trojan demands victims fill in survey for unlock key - Techworld.com
 

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