{"id":505,"date":"2017-05-31T12:02:16","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T12:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.protegent360.com\/blog\/?p=505"},"modified":"2023-03-02T14:02:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T08:32:59","slug":"major-sources-of-ransomware-attack-in-computer-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/protegent360.com\/blog\/major-sources-of-ransomware-attack-in-computer-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Sources of Ransomware Attack in Computer System"},"content":{"rendered":"

Computer user might have heard about Ransomware which is the most popular computer virus (Encryption program) affecting people around the world at an increasing pace. Ransomware is getting really popular behind the reason of demand of ransom from the victim user to remove the ransomware encryption on user\u2019s computer system.<\/p>\n

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Before getting into the major sources of ransomware, let get some brief of Ransomware. Ransomware can\u2019t be called completely a virus but correctly termed as Encryption Program. Ransomware gets into user\u2019s computer system make the data files or operating system inaccessible to the user. When the victim tries to access the blocked data files or operating system, Ransomware shows a warning message the file\/OS has been locked by Ransomware and the ransom amount need to be paid to the victim get unblock the files\/OS.<\/p>\n

There are broadly three categories of Ransomware known at the present namely:<\/p>\n