
In a recent article,
Who is to blame or / and what to do for Dummies was a brief overview of the so-called vinlokerov (programs-SMS extortionists), as well as the following was noted "
And although recently there has been a sharp decline in the activity of vinlokerov, probably in the near future all however, one should expect various new modifications of various kinds of extortionists, and therefore new epidemics. "And in confirmation of these words, quite recently, antivirus analysts have noticed that these extortioners have suddenly noticeably increased their activity and “multiplied” more than a hundred times over the same period last month! The most distinguished were called Trojan.Winlock.1678.
Here, watch yourself on this chart.

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The important point is that the new modifications offer to make payment through other payment systems than sms-payment. That, on the one hand, it expands the scope of activity of fraudsters, on the other hand, they complicate extortion - many will simply be too lazy to go somewhere and pay for something.
But still the fact of the epidemic, as they say, on the face.
So, as they say, be vigilant and careful!
And finally, again, I remind you that the OS and antivirus should be kept updated, and all unnecessary services - disabled.
Well, if someone picks up again, I’ll remind you links that might be useful to you.