For PC Virus Victims, Pay or Else

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

This ransomware has been around for a while yet some people actually pay and that is what annoys me.

In your line of work I'm sure you noticed people are gullible and easily open to suggestion. The flashing alert with red numbers running up like mad indicating virus and porn on the computer is overkill on suggestion. People breakout in a cold sweat as soon as they realize something might be wrong with their beloved computer. Visual stimulus of their world crashing in on them. All of this takes place in a second. Second number two the card is out to pay for the program to unlock the virus and free the individual from eminent failure of all they have amassed on the computer! It plays on one's fears. It works quite well.