• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Technologous - Managed IT Solutions Bryan/College Station

  • Home
  • About
    • Areas We Serve
    • Our Leadership
      • Chris Dawson
      • Ian Soares
  • IT Services
    • Managed IT
    • Support IT
    • Cloud IT
  • Blog
  • Request a Consultation
  • Contact
You are here: Home / Blog / Ransomware Using Software Crack-Sites

Ransomware Using Software Crack-Sites

Ransomware is Using Software Crack Sites

Ransomware using Software Crack-Sites to distribute ransomware. Crack Sites promises to unlock a user’s downloaded files extorting them after the download. The user thinks he’s getting a free unlock for some software he just downloaded (most often, Microsoft’s Windows 10), but after he downloads and runs the file, the downloaded file is password protected.

Since the user has to enter a password to access the locked files manually, ransomware software goes undetected. That allows the threat actors to neatly side-step Microsoft’s SmartScreen, Google’s Safe Browsing, or the security protocols included in whatever anti-malware software on the system.

If you have downloaded Software Crack and found yourself with locked files, unless you’ve made a recent backup, you’re at the mercy of the hackers. The hackers using ransomware have extorted between $250 and as much as $10,000 from users to get their files back.

The hackers are surprisingly professional using their ransomware, or as professional as hackers can be expected to be. You’ll even be able to live chat with a hacker “customer service representative” who will walk you through the ransom paying process. In a demonstration of ‘good faith,’ they’ll even decrypt one file for you for free, so you can see that they do indeed have the capability of restoring all of them.

The Fix is a Simple One

If you don’t want to run the risk of downloading some hackers’ ransomware Software-Crack, don’t use cracked software. Spend the money to buy a legitimate copy. Sure, you might get lucky if you use a crack. Then again, you might wind up with all your files encrypted and dealing with ransomware. 

It’s just not worth the modest savings involved.

October 10, 2020 Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Ransomware, ransomware attach, Software Crack S

Primary Sidebar

GET OUR BLOG IN YOUR EMAIL!

Archives

  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • August 2018

Tags

adobe android App Apple attack Attacks Breach Browser Chrome Compromised Credit Card Dark Web Data Database Data Breach Email Facebook gmail Google government hacker Hackers information Internet iOS iPhone malware Microsoft Microsoft Windows 10 office 365 Password Passwords patch Phishing ransomeware Ransomware Scam security Social Media Update Vulnerability Vulnerable Wifi Windows Windows 10

Footer

Contact Us

Address: 3091 University Drive, Unit 210, Bryan, Texas 77802
Phone: 979-217-1226

Our Blog

  • Resolution for Windows 10 Drawing Apps November 24, 2020
  • Older Android Phones May Have Site Loading Issues In 2021 November 23, 2020
  • Apple’s Update for Zero-Day November 20, 2020
  • Luxottica Patient Information Breached November 20, 2020
  • Verizon Ends Yahoo Email Forwarding November 19, 2020

Search

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Home
  • About
  • Resources
  • Contact
  • Our Leadership
  • Why Choose Us?
  • IT Services
  • Request a Consultation

Copyright © 2021| All Rights Reserved | Powered By Technologous, LLC | Log in