New infection holds computer files hostage

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

WASHINGTON -- The latest threat to computer users doesn't destroy data or steal passwords -- it locks up a person's electronic documents, effectively holding them hostage, and demands $200 over the Internet to get them back.

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