CHAPTER 1: ABOUT RANSOMWARE
In general, there are three types of ransomware:
1. Scareware
2. Screen lockers
3. Encrypting ransomware
Before we go further, I should note that this book is primarily interested in ‘encrypting ransomware’.
Scareware is typically little more than malicious advertising. The user might see a pop-up advising that malware has been detected and instructing them to visit a website or make a payment to have the malware removed. This can be served on a website (in which case it’s likely you’re not infected at all and it’s just an obnoxious pop-up) or from a malware infection on your device. In most cases, this is all that the malware will do, so it could be little more than an annoyance – but if you have this sort of infection, ...
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