New Android “ransomware” insists you must pay a $300 fine because you watched awful porn

"Ransomware" is one of the mobile malware sub-genres in circulation. It eats up your screen real estate with a warning that you somehow engaged in horrible crime activity and therefore must pay a ransom. The latest contender to emerge in this rare niche is Android-Trojan.Koler, and boy, is it a nasty one! As its name not-so-subtly suggests, it creeps up on Android devices and is as smart as to use geolocation to properly "locate" its alarm bells to the user's actual country and relative crime burreay. It accuses you of watching banned pornography and demands a $300 ransom, which should be paid ...



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