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Fantom ransomware pretends to be Windows Update while it encrypts your files

TIPS & TRICKSBy varelaSeptember 4, 2016

A new strain of ransomware has been discovered, which utilizes a fake Windows Update screen, pretending 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,

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