ROME - At any moment could find yourself held hostage by pirates, on your computer unexpectedly blocked. And it can be unlocked only by calling a toll number, salty. Serving malware - lets you know the National Crime Computer Centre for the Protection of Critical Infrastructures of Postal and Communications Police Service - which is called "ransomware", a Trojan known to many network users (only those who use their computers Windows operating system) to hit them since 2006.
At the time prevented the use of your computer and then asking for an unlock code, obtained by linking to sites that require the purchase of goods or services for a fee, creating a veritable extortion. In some previous versions, in fact, the victim was forced to buy medicines or other products on the Russian sites and only later was given the unlock code.
Now the attack is on the front: the latest version shows the infected PC at startup the following message: Attention! Windows activation period is exceeded. This Windows copy is illegal and not registered properly. The Further work is not possible. For activating this copy of windows you must enter registration code.
This code you can find in your Windows distribution package. If you can not find Them you receive it by the phone: 899 021 233 Registration Code Must Be Entered not later then three days, if it later Entered the unlocking is not possible. That is: if you want to activate your copy of Windows you have to enter a registration Seasons that you can receive via phone by calling this number.
All you have to do so within three days otherwise unlocking the computer will not be possible. In fact, the PC will not suffer any significant damage, but if the victim should call the number in the message would spend € 1.75 per minute and would not receive any code, but would be simply redirected to another phone service charges.
Italian users are not the only recipients of the scam, because the malware is programmed to recognize the geographical origin and language of the target, so numbers are provided for users of Austria, Belgium and Switzerland, for which the State Police, through the CNAIPIC, has already forwarded the report to the competent authorities.
Moreover, in addition to the survey aimed at identifying the author of the fraud, the procedure was initiated for the inhibition of the users 899 021 233, so that there can be no further damage to network users. 
At the time prevented the use of your computer and then asking for an unlock code, obtained by linking to sites that require the purchase of goods or services for a fee, creating a veritable extortion. In some previous versions, in fact, the victim was forced to buy medicines or other products on the Russian sites and only later was given the unlock code.
Now the attack is on the front: the latest version shows the infected PC at startup the following message: Attention! Windows activation period is exceeded. This Windows copy is illegal and not registered properly. The Further work is not possible. For activating this copy of windows you must enter registration code.
This code you can find in your Windows distribution package. If you can not find Them you receive it by the phone: 899 021 233 Registration Code Must Be Entered not later then three days, if it later Entered the unlocking is not possible. That is: if you want to activate your copy of Windows you have to enter a registration Seasons that you can receive via phone by calling this number.
All you have to do so within three days otherwise unlocking the computer will not be possible. In fact, the PC will not suffer any significant damage, but if the victim should call the number in the message would spend € 1.75 per minute and would not receive any code, but would be simply redirected to another phone service charges.
Italian users are not the only recipients of the scam, because the malware is programmed to recognize the geographical origin and language of the target, so numbers are provided for users of Austria, Belgium and Switzerland, for which the State Police, through the CNAIPIC, has already forwarded the report to the competent authorities.
Moreover, in addition to the survey aimed at identifying the author of the fraud, the procedure was initiated for the inhibition of the users 899 021 233, so that there can be no further damage to network users.
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