After experiencing a period with lower virus activity, the tables are beginning to turn and ransom ware like the FBI virus is becoming more and more common. Virus activity is beginning to take a leap as we approach the holiday shopping season. We see it happen year after year. During this period, many people opt to online for doing a good majority of their Christmas shopping. Virus hijackers like to take advantage of the extra online traffic by writing new virus code and infecting thousands of sites in order to get there wares out into the wild.
