After surfing the Internet, Joe, a user, woke up to find all his files were corrupted. His wallpaper was replaced by a message stating the files were encrypted and he needed to transfer money to a foreign country to recover them. Joe is a victim of:

A. a keylogger
B. spyware
C. ransomware
D. a logic bomb


Answer: C. ransomware

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