Who do you believe?
The event of today must enter the textbooks, for it is worthy of it. Once again, a respected company told a story about a gopher, which no one sees, but in the meantime)) So, this message came straight from the morning:
Doctor Web, a Russian developer of information security tools, warns that an epidemic of Trojans from the Trojan.Winlock family is gaining momentum. In January 2010, the number of Russians affected by malicious programs that require sending 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. Or in the news site , for example, here
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What can I say, I, as an honest person, ran to interview the community - what do they think about this media pass. And surprisingly - no panic, everything is quiet and peaceful. Comments from the category - yes, we know about such a threat, the number can not be named. An example from LK. While not for publication, some experts directly say - the desire is easy to popiaritsya.
So I ask, my friends, how long? How long will this happen?
And you know, involuntarily, after such “messages”, you doubt that AV labs viral laboratories do something at all. Indeed, why, if it is possible to pass a threat of a year ago, for the most dangerous virus?
In this regard, the question is - have you personally encountered this malware in the month of January? After all, if the epidemic is as large-scale as Dr.Web says, it could not be overlooked.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/81947/
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