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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Ransomware: Paying for Your Own Files

What if your files were being held for ransom right on your own hard drive? It happens! They call it ransomware, a virus that encrypts your files so you have to pay the hacker who sent it to you for the key. We have moved from annoyance, to theft and now to extortion, but you can protect yourself. Here's how.

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