Beware of Extortionware

There is a new pariah on the internet, it can best be described as Extortionware, software designed to extort money from you by frightening you enough, or crippling your computer enough to cause you to pay money for relief. Do not give into this bully which is THE problem on your computer and your funds only serve to calm the storm of the extortioners creation. Additionally, many of the problems associated with this infection will remain even after they have your money. These trojans do as their name implies, they bring other trojan invaders along with them to plague your PC.

I see this all the time, there is help available but not from the extortionware. I suggest a visit to http://www.malwarebytes.org/ or http://www.superantispyware.com/ or http://www.safer-networking.org/ to obtain software to aid in the removal of this malware. If unable then perhaps a call to a professional who can clean more pernicious problems.