[voltagex_]

I was firmly in your camp until recently I saw CryptoLocker - http://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1p32lx/cryptolocke.... This is the first virus in a long time that actually scares me.

I've checked, and current versions of MSE will detect this in time, but it's fast approaching the point where Windows will be running in a snapshotted VM with no network access.

[qoo]

It gets really scary when the ransomeware's makers require their victims to login to some MMORPG and paid in virtual gold.

[yuhong]

Well, the attack vector seems to be mostly ZIP email attachments with EXEs.