Ransomeware - What exactly is that?

One of the most prevent virus threats at the moment are called ransomeware. Once your computer is infected it locks your computer down or even encrypts the contents of your hard drive so that you cannot get into it. You will be presented with a wonderful message (NOT) which informs you that you are infected with their virus and that in order to regain control of your computer you should contact them and pay the ransome. This is generally not a hoax. Although sometimes it is. Once your hard drive is encrypted by someone else, there is no way you can unencrypt your data unless you are given the unencryption key. This is not something you can figure your way out of. Encryption is there to make sure that nobody else can read your data, it is secure. The only way you can help this situation is by making sure you dont get infected in the first place. The way to do that is to make sure you are using a really good antivirus product such as ESET Smart Security. A freebie antivirus is all well and good but it will never give you the sort of protection you need to combat the range of complicated and sophisticated threats that are rife in the cyber world today. A few pounds well spent will save a lot of heartache in the long run. To remedy your computer in the event of a common threat such as this will cost a lot more than the cost to protect it. Think of it as the kind of insurance that you do actually get the benefit of.