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![]() ![]() The scam, which seems to be addressed to German speaking people, also issues warnings stating that the hard drives will be wiped clean and the IPs will be recorded by authorities if they fail to make a payment in the next 48 hours. Ransom.AN, as the virus is called, warns users that their license for Microsoft Windows has expired and that they would have to pay 100 euros in order to make the computer functional again. The new virus finds its way into the computer's registries and just before the operating system starts, a warning message appears on the screen. ![]() A warning message from Microsoft turns out to be a scam that blackmails people into handing them over amounts of money, supposedly taken for the activation of the product.Ĭybercriminals have just created a new method of scaring unsuspecting victims.
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