Risk of Ransomware Infection Greater Than Ever

Unfortunately, Cryptolocker is just one of many kinds of \"ransomware\" increasingly found worldwide. Yet another antivirus and security company has found evidence that more people are encountering ransomware on the Internet, leading to increased infections, and increased earnings for the calculating cybercriminals behind the outbreak. Prague-based security and antivirus company AVAST reported that in the past six weeks, its users have unknowingly encountered ransomware-infected websites 18 million times.

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