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These guys called and claimed that I had ransomware on my machine and that my server was sending them information to that affect. I called him out, asking him to prove this. He hung up on me. Be on the lookup for shady IT support companies.. Seems like this might be a new thing.. They will certainly be reported to the proper authorities.

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New Ransomware Poses As A Windows Update - Slashdot Slashdot reader MojoKid quotes an article from Hot Hardware: A security researcher for AVG has discovered a new piece of ransomware called Fantom that masquerades as a critical Windows update. Victims who fall for the ruse will see a Windows screen acting like it's installing the update, but what's…