Microsoft Infecting Windows With Malware
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Windows has often been the harborer of Malware of all kinds and from all sources, but when your getting it from Microsoft, it becomes a worry.
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Its been reported that a form of Malware has been transmitted to Windows Users through Microsofts MSN Website.
ZDNet has already reported that Microsoft has “upgraded its malicious software removal tool to tackle TeslaCrypt, or Tescrypt as it calls it.”
"TeslaCrypt, a ransomware trojan, became big news early this year when it was found to be targeting computers with a variety of computer games installed. The malware evidently looks for file extensions associated with 40 or so games and encrypts them. The list of games infected includes such popular titles as Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Minecraft and World of Tanks. From there, the scenario is all too familiar. To unencrypt, users must pay up — the going price is the equivalent of $500 in Bitcoins — to receive the decrypt key." from FossForce
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