Of all the malicious software out there that we have to be afraid of, ransomware may very well be the most sinister. As its name might suggest, ransomware is malicious software that hackers use to hold your computer hostage, blocking access to all of your files unless you agree to pay a ransom. Only when the ransom is paid are your files finally freed, and failure to pay will likely result in the permanent loss of all data on your PC.
Now, however, there's a new free tool to combat some of the most popular ransomware being used right now by hackers.
There’s finally a tool to free you from the ransomware holding your PC hostage