Things seem to get worse, not better. Ransomware is now the most common form of malware. Now ransomware will lock your OS, as well as hold your data for ransom, bricking your computer unless you pay. "In the space of a year, ransomware appears to have evolved on from the simple  but effective  strategy of locking down the files of infected targets until they pay a ransom, to incorporating additional malicious elements, such as  stealing personal or financial data...