Zarestel Ferrer, Senior Research Engineer in CA Internet Security, writes in company's blog about a nasty pest that takes internet access hostage.
CA detects the pest as Win32/RansomSMS.AH. It arrives bundled with uFast Software Manager named software and gets installed without end user's permission. When installed, it blocks internet access and only way to unlock is to send an SMS message to given number to get activation code. CA has released activation code generator that can be used to generate working code and unlock the access.
Screenshots and other info about the pest can be viewed here.
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