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Let the Mac ads begin!

The holiday season is upon us and already a slew of new Mac ads are drawing smiles from me and other Mac aficionados whenever we see them. The hour I spent removing the ransomware at work last week is a fresh reminder of why I love my Mac. Funny thing, the person who downloaded the sound bite and got the pesky malware was a Mac user and he’d never experienced that type of infection.

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Of course antivirus alone is not enough!

I'm in charge of IT at work. Last week one of our employees was surfing the Internet on his lunch break (something we allow). He was trying to download a particular sound bite (something I don't allow) to use to tease the co-worker in the cubicle across from him. Despite having anti-virus software installed and having Windows XP and all applications up-to-date with patches, the second he clicked on the sound bite he started seeing the words "Your computer is infected!

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Ransomware: Malware Armageddon approaches

Some day soon, you may go in and turn on your Windows PC and find your most valuable files locked up righter than Fort Knox.

"Your files are encrypted with RSA-1024 algorithm.
To recovery your files you need to buy our decryptor.
To buy decrypting tool contact us at: ********@yahoo.com"

That's right, ransomware is back and it promises to be nastier than ever.

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