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Title: FBI Ransomware Prank Plagues Mac Safari Users
Post by: HCK on July 16, 2013, 11:01:10 pm
FBI Ransomware Prank Plagues Mac Safari Users
      


There have been reports lately of an irritating prank that ties up the Safari browsers with excessive pop-up windows purporting to be from the FBI, demanding users send $300 to have their browser unlocked. While this is decidedly an obnoxious tactic, it’s not harmful to the user’s system as such, and it can be easily [...]
      

http://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/fbi-ransomware-prank-plagues-mac-safari-users/