January 25, 2010 at 18:01Who do you believe?
Today's event should go into the textbooks, for it is worth it. Once again, a respected company told a story about a gopher, which no one sees, and yet it is)) So, right in the morning I got this message:
Doctor Web, a Russian developer of information security tools, warns that the epidemic Trojans of the Trojan.Winlock family are gaining momentum. In January 2010, the number of Russians affected by malware requiring a paid SMS message to unlock Windows amounted to several million. Estimated losses amount to hundreds of millions of rubles.
Further in the same vein. We look at the office. website Or in the news, for example, here
What can I say, I, as an honest person, ran to interview the community - what do they think about this media throw. And it’s amazing - no panic, everything is quiet and calm. Comments from the category - yes, we know about such a threat, we cannot name the number. An example from the LC. At the same time, not for publication, some experts directly say - the desire to easily PR.
So I ask, my friends, how long? How long will this happen?
And you know, involuntarily after such "messages", you doubt that the virus laboratories of the AV developers are doing something at all. Indeed, why, if it is possible to pass the threat of a year ago as a dangerous virus?
In this regard, the question is - did you personally come across this malware in the month of January? After all, if the epidemic is as widespread as DrWeb says, it could not be overlooked.