PC virus demands ransom
A NEW computer virus hijacks personal files — then tries to blackmail PC users into paying a ransom for passwords to unlock them.
Victims are barred from their My Documents folder by the hackers’ so-called ransomware.
The Arhiveus virus has swept the US but nurse Helen Barrow, 40, is believed to be Britain’s first victim.
She found her files replaced with a 30-digit password-protected folder.
A separate file warned her not to call cops and said she would only get a password to access her files if she bought drugs from an internet chemist, believed to be based in Russia.
