[HIB]Bizarre phone ransom Trojan found by research

Researchers have discovered a bizarre piece of Trojan ransomeware which disables programs on infected PCs before demanding victims make an unaccountably small payment to a Ukrainian mobile phone network in return for an unlock code.According to Webroot, the Krotten ransom Trojan is one of the oddest pieces of malware of the year. Taking the path of least resistance, it eschews the complex encryption outlook taken by a range of ransomware programs in the past and simply sets out to interfere with the host PC in as many ways as possible.It starts out by changing 40 registry keys for a number of Windows settings, adding expletive text in Russian to the Internet Explorer title bar, disabling features such as the Windows Start bar, and blocks the ability to print or open files. It also stops most applications from running at all.

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