re: Ransomware On Your Personal Computer - How Scared Are You?

I got this same shite 2 weeks ago on my laptop. I downloaded something and opened an iso image and BLAM!

Anytime I opened Firefox a message popped up saying call Microsoft, this computer has been infected, blah, blah, blah. Couldnt do shite on it anymore.

I called the number provided twice and they wanted $300-$350. It was a Microsoft logo on the page and looked authentic. The first (Dot Indian/Hindu or Muslim)guy was going through the process remote admin on my pc and he was trying to bargain with me, since I told him I couldnt afford it but he when he said hackers would get all my information and that my entire network was fricked I got suspicious.

Called them later after dicking with it and no luck and a (another foreigner)woman answered wanting $350 to fix it. When I told her I couldnt afford it, she went through the same song and dance but she insisted that I pay something today. When I told her I couldnt she said we can setup a payment a month from now. Thats when I told her to frick herself she wasnt getting a cent.

I downloaded Win 10 on a Flash drive and reinstalled Windows. Problem solved.

I dont pay bills or anything on my laptop so they couldnt get anything but my web history or excel spreadsheets. What I found odd was they ran this batch file in DOS that showed the network having a virus. Like my modem was infected. I tried to duplicate it after reinstalling windows and couldnt. I dont keep important shite on my laptop. Its for work and play but the work is not important enough for me to back it up. Anything of value is already backed up on externals so frick them.