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Otherwise, if you have a problem with an order or games being added to your account, you can contact and you will be gladly assisted. No, pending orders will not be handled and billed for unless you finish the payment procedure at the payment service web-page. In some time 'Pending' orders, that are not handled and billed for will be automatically switched to 'Canceled'. Note, that sometimes it takes more time to handle payments, thus the game will be added when the payment is finally received. If you have a pending order, and the game is missing on your account, but the payment was made, then you should contact and your order will be checked out and corrected if it is necessary. NOTE: Gamersgate uses payment services, provided by other companies, and we do not deal with payments at all.
All is done via payment services (like Paypal, Skrill, Global Collect etc), and all issues concerning payment procedures and blocks may be resolved with them. Otherwise, if you have a problem with an order or games being added to your account, you can contact and you will be gladly assisted. No, pending orders will not be handled and billed for unless you finish the payment procedure at the payment service web-page.
In some time 'Pending' orders, that are not handled and billed for will be automatically switched to 'Canceled'. Note, that sometimes it takes more time to handle payments, thus the game will be added when the payment is finally received. If you have a pending order, and the game is missing on your account, but the payment was made, then you should contact and your order will be checked out and corrected if it is necessary. NOTE: Gamersgate uses payment services, provided by other companies, and we do not deal with payments at all. All is done via payment services (like Paypal, Skrill, Global Collect etc), and all issues concerning payment procedures and blocks may be resolved with them. Otherwise, if you have a problem with an order or games being added to your account, you can contact and you will be gladly assisted.
Picture this: You’ve spent the last few weeks working on a tribute video for a friend’s 30th wedding anniversary. You collected photos and video clips and edited them together, laying over a soundtrack of their favorite songs. It was a real labor of love.
When you finally finish the project, you go to copy the file onto a DVD and—what the?—a strange message pops up. “The files on this computer have been encrypted. You have 96 hours to submit payment, otherwise your files will be permanently destroyed.” You’ve been hit with. You didn’t back up the anniversary video.
In fact, you haven’t backed up any of your files in months. What do you do?
Unfortunately, when it comes to ransomware, once your files are encrypted, there’s not much you can do—besides cut your losses or pay up. And even if you do pay up, there’s a chance you won’t get your files back, so you’re out the files and your cash. For businesses around the world, the stakes are even higher. The was the largest ransomware attack in the history of the Internet, freezing hospital workers out of critical data and disrupting operations of organizations in 150 countries. These types of attacks can have a devastating impact, from losing precious personal data to shutting down hospital services in the middle of emergency procedures. In some cases, it’s a matter of life or death. That’s why it’s so important to prevent ransomware attacks from happening in the first place.
Types of ransomware The first step in ransomware prevention is to recognize the different types of ransomware you can be hit with. Ransomware can range in seriousness from mildly off-putting to Cuban Missile Crisis severe. Scareware Okay, yes, it’s called scareware, but in comparison to other types of ransomware—not so scary. Scareware includes rogue security software and tech support scams.
You might receive a pop-up message claiming that a bajillion pieces of malware were discovered and the only way to get rid of them is to pay up. If you do nothing, you’ll likely continue to be bombarded with pop-ups, but your files are essentially safe.
A quick scan from your security software should be able to clear out these suckers. For simple instructions on how to clean an infected computer,. Pro tip: A legitimate cybersecurity software program would not solicit customers in this way. If you don’t already have this company’s software on your computer, then they would not be monitoring you for ransomware infection.
If you do have this company’s software, you wouldn’t need to pay to have the infection removed—you’ve already paid for the software to do that very job. Screen lockers Upgrade to terror alert orange for these guys. When lock-screen ransomware gets on your computer, it means you’re frozen out of your PC entirely. Upon starting up your computer, a full-size window will appear, often accompanied by an official-looking FBI or U.S. Department of Justice seal saying illegal activity has been detected on your computer and you must pay a fine. In order to reclaim control of your PC, a full might be in order.
If that doesn’t work, you can try running a scan from a bootable CD or USB drive. Pro tip: The FBI would not freeze you out of your computer or demand payment for illegal activity.
If they suspected you of piracy, child pornography, or other cybercrimes, they would go through the appropriate legal channels. Encrypting ransomware This is the truly nasty stuff. These are the guys who snatch up your files and encrypt them, demanding payment in order to decrypt and redeliver.
The reason why this type of ransomware is so dangerous is because once cybercriminals get ahold of your files, no security software or system restore can return them to you. Unless you pay the ransom—they’re gone.
And even if you do pay up, there’s no guarantee the cybercriminals will give you those files back. Pro tip: The FBI has changed its position on whether folks should pay the ransom. They now agree with cybersecurity professionals, who advise you to avoid this option. Complying with ransomware criminals just opens the door up for future attacks.
If, however, really valuable files are at stake, you can try to negotiate the release of the most important for less money. This should only be done as a last resort. So what should you do to protect your files from this kind of ransomware? Get out in front of it.
“If any attack in the history of malware proves that you need protection in place before the attack happens, encrypting ransomware is it,” says Adam Kujawa, Director of Malwarebytes Labs. “It’s too late once you get infected.
Game over.” Ransomware prevention The first step in ransomware prevention is to invest in awesome cybersecurity—a program with real-time protection that’s designed to thwart advanced malware attacks such as ransomware. You should also look out for for features that will both shield vulnerable programs from threats (an anti-exploit technology) as well as block ransomware from holding files hostage. Customers who were using, for example, were protected from the WanaCrypt0r attack.
Next, as much as it may pain you, you need to create secure backups of your data on a regular basis. You can purchase USBs or an external hard drive where you can save new or updated files—just be sure to physically disconnect the devices from your computer after backing up, otherwise they can become infected with ransomware, too. Cloud storage is another option, but we recommend using a server with high-level encryption and multiple-factor authentication. Then, be sure your systems and software are updated. The most recent ransomware outbreak took advantage of a vulnerability in Microsoft software.
While the company had released a patch for the security loophole back in March, many folks didn’t install the update—which left them open to attack. We get that it’s hard to stay on top of an ever-growing list of updates from an ever-growing list of software and applications used in your daily life. That’s why we recommend changing your settings to enable automatic updating.
Finally, stay informed. One of the most common ways that computers are infected with ransomware is through. Educate yourself on how to detect phishing campaigns, suspicious websites, and other scams. And above all else, exercise common sense. If it seems suspect, it probably is.
As did PamelaI too have had these ransom windows popping up on my computer. It does. you off. Suggestion to those who do not know how to acquire your TASKMANAGER window. Click Control, Alt, Delete.You will get a Windows Security screen. TASKMANAGER is a choice you want to use. Click on it and you will get another TASKMANAGER window.
The USER tab will most likely be highlighted, and showing web sights you were using when the ransom warning occurred. Highlight the most recent title and click disconnect. This should eliminate that web sight from the page.
If you have to go through all the sights doing the same thing, it will not hurt to do so. If you cleared out all of the titles, close TASKMANAGER. Finally, as a last effort, and you are still not clear of the web page titlesuse Logoff as a last result.
This will reboot your system. It works for me every time. Just be more careful which web sights you are visiting. A few years ago I got a message on my desk top saying that I had been to illegal places & I needed to send a money pack to release the block. Norton removed it on it’s own in about two hours. About a year ago the same thing happened & it locked up my desk top. I was able to go onto the Windows 8 screen separate from the desk top & run a Norton scan which removed it.
These things lock up your desktop. That’s all they do. If you can access your anti virus & can run it you should be ok. If you are paying them, they most likely won’t free your computer anyway. They just want your money. Then they don’t give a crap & will leave you twisting in the wind. If you are going to lose everything anyway, it’s cheaper to bring it to a tech expert & have them wipe everything out of your computer & put it all back in again.
They used to only lock your desktop, back in the good-ol-days. The encryption they utilize now is very real (in the majority of cases) but I agree never to pay them. Utilize cloud backups and keep security products with real time protection up to date on your system to block them when they try to launch. Worst case scenario, you don’t have any of that, it’s a better deal for you to just wipe and start over than try to deal with the array of shady cyber criminals and whether or not they will decrypt anything.
I have a computer that is particularly messed up. It is an XP computer so it has no more protection from MS. I’m thinking of installing Win 10 over it and see if that might fix the malware at the same time – it isn’t encrypted or locked, it just lets me use the computer, but pops up junk every time I try to use the Internet. Maybe win 10 will be too new for the old virus LOL. If not, I can wipe it I guess. I think the most irritating thing is not that they do it, but that there seems to be little concern by lawmakers to do anything about it. Use your friends Netflix password and go to prison.
But these guys get rich with viruses and hacking and they are fine. Crappy world we live in sometimes. As bex411 said, terrible for the disks overall health, not to mention a higher risk of immediate data corruption, even without disk failure. Also, you’re not really doing anything if all you’re doing is cleaning cookies. If you have an active infection, clearing cookies is last on the list of tasks for cleanup. If your process has been working for you then you’re likely encountering full screen web pop-ups that ignore regular close requests. These are not active infections on the system until the user starts clicking things thinking they’re helping.
Next time you can’t do anything, try hitting ALT+F4 which will close the window in the foreground. After the window is gone, close whatever websites you were browsing and run your scans. I’d advise that you steer clear of the sites that are forcing pop-ups of this type.
As an IT professional I can tell you that, although Malwarebytes is one of my favorite tools and most recommended options for security, this article is a bit misleading. I have been up against the very worst case scenario of ransomware once, and in total I’ve battled with it 11 times. That’s not counting the FBI screenlocker instances.
The bottom line is, and Malwarebytes confirms this in other articles, there is NO WAY to prevent it. You can avoid it, but you need to be prepared to react. Ransomware has now compromised machines just by visiting an infected website – without clicking anything. Because it often uses you as it’s main access point there is no security tool to put in it’s path. If you click on something you shouldn’t, kiss your data goodbye. Once your stuff is infected your options are to pay the ransom, or to restore from backup. The FBI no longer advises paying for the same reason stated here.
If you pay you contribute to the issue by making it a lucrative transaction for the bad guys. However, there are times when paying is the shortest path to a resolution and when your business is down because of an infection paying $500 sounds like a fair price. For much more info please checkout the rest of this post at bluemarbleonline dot com/news.
We’ve had several clients who have got ransomware infections and it has gone out on their attached local drives (USB) and their network drives and encrypted files on them as well. We did find a freeware that could discover the encryption key and then unencrypted the files on the clients. On one client it only took one pass to find the single encryption key, but on the second it took five passes to unencrypt everything because they had used multiple encryption keys. The servers that were affected via their network shares were more difficult to deal with because we didn’t want to take a chance and rebuilt them from the ground up, but having cloud based backups made a difference in full recovery for sure.
If your computer gurus need to be logged in to your operating system to restore your backup – you need new computer gurus who actually know how to backup your data. Fire the ones you have immediately. There is no reason you should not be able to restore your data to a completely different computer unless your backup was on teh same drive that got hit by the virus. In which case, you’re screwed and need better advice. Unfortunately no, they cannot be traced due to Bitcoin payments and their locations in Easter Europe and Russia.
Sometimes, pay AND lose. Backup is your only hope, and it must be backup to an online, untouchable destination. Preferably with the option to go back in time a few days to get uncorrupted data. Get someone who knows what they are doing to set up your next backup.
That works for me too, However if you got caught you’d wind up in the slammer for life. Where as I’d put him in poverty for life. I think that the Government should establish a standard fine for hacking, phishing, and the like. Here is how: Total the average annual cost over the last 5 years to the US from this activity (Several billion dollars) and that’s the fine. Oh, some additional encouragement to pay up swiftly Like daily floggings and absolutly NO access to any thing remotely resembling a computer (Even a wrist watch, analog, spring wound, is a computer) till the fine is paid. I’d have no problem with that either. Just got to do it LEGALLY.
I DID NOT say they could not log in or get into my computer. Speaker phones are a really nice item to allow listening, typing and talking at the same time. Conference calls are also helpful. I live so far out in the weeds that I didn’t learn about 9-11 till the 15th so my Guys in Houston TX have been a Godsend for keeping my machines running at optimum and it’s hard to FIRE someone you are not HIRING.
Friendship is sometimes deeper than Blood relations. My Service Career taught me that little tidbit. Molon Labe. I have a few retired LEO’s in my family and in the small town I live in I KNOW all the LEO’s. I learned a long time ago that I may be friendly to all of them but when they man the barricades (called going to work) they are the Law and I am just a Citizen and it’s there job to gather any and all evidence that can be used by the prosecutor to convict me of everything from child abuse to Capitol Murder for merely Jaywalking.
The fact that I know all the Judges and work for most of them carries little or no weight. At my age and the fact that I used a ruse to convince the thieves that had been robbing me blind and a Zero arrest and recovery rate, That I was just a little loco.
I would shoot to kill anyone caught by my security cameras stealing my stuff. For some reason I have not lost a single thing in two years? The strangest part is I only mentioned this to the Sheriff and the COPolice. Some one ratted me out, but it worked. This has gotten off subject about Ransomware but I use Malwarebytes and it has protected me on several occasions but Ransomware is an Invasion of my Privacy and the only people that can subvert the law to invade my privacy is the Government and with all the resources available for spying you would think they might have a small clue. Buy a SSD if possible, migrate your system from your optical drive.
When you replace your old optical drive, it can now server as a perfect system clone and backup storage. If you get hit, reboot with old drive, clone back over and you’re good in 30 mins or so. If you do not have a backup and your system locks – AND you have to reboot, try to do so to a Ubuntu USB drive so the files cannot encrypt. Also when in doubt use a good firewall. Most encrypted versions need a cmd and control server to connect to before they delete shadow copies. Ivan, Thanks for the reply.
Right now I do not recollect what I hadshared, except that I was under the impression that Malwarebytes-anti-malwarewas suppose to prevent such events. Ihave windows 7, and the original disk is, I don’t know where. I do not know what a partition is andabsolutely no idea about how to revert back. It is not likely that I will understand much, so I guess I’ll have to suck it up.
For the most part what was taken was notrelevant, in fact he may have just done me a favor of clearing out crap which Iintended to get rid of anyway. Currently I have installed a download ofBullguard. Not sure it will preventthese events.
If I may, and it is notoutside your parameters, I have a laptop which has a password to access theprogram. The password is lost frommemory and never written down. How couldI get by the password to access the lap top. If you can answer this, please make it as simple as possible because Ireally do not have a foundation of computers. As I mentioned I am honestly computer ignorant. Thanks, andmuch appreciation for your reply.
Dave you are far too blase – you make it seem that CryptoLocker is a walk in the park. WELL IT AIN’T – all I did was accept firefox invitation to update now/later – and, as FF had been a bit of a pig at that time – I elected for ‘them’ to update. That’s when Dave – you could have done sweet fanny adams – the whole computer was locked down after Desktop. The only AV it would let me use was Malwarebytes – they did a full scan and did not even know it was there!!
You – no matter how good you are – would not have been able to do anything – all this crap Safe Mode and all that – nothing is possible. These Bastards are better than you and the whole security Industry. And, no, I did not pay a ransom!! I purchased a compete W8.1 and started all over. I am sick and tired of this ransom ware. I have had the FBI bitthe Dept of Defense.Police saying I had gone to illegal sites.
Each time my Malwarebytes saved me but writing to them they say there are some ransom ware programs, Malwarebytes cannot stop.WHERE NOT TO GOI have had infections clicking on.: Photos of past TV stars, see what they look like today.WW2 photos you won’t believe.These photo files were on YahooI will never go to the Yahoo site again. I have also gotten 2 ransom wear infections going on the OPEN CULTURE site. This was to view FREE movies. In each case, you had to register.
As soon as I registered I got the infection. 50% of the sites on Open Culture that I tried gave me infections.I RECOMMENDif you have got to register or download.DON”T. Ive been online since BEFORE the Internet existed, when we used USENET or United States Electronic Network and have -never- been infected with malware or anything else. Seldom do I ever even get an alert that a program is suspicious. Yes, I also backup but stay away from websites which are suspicious or weird and have security programs in memory which check websites before I use it or when downloading.
It always puzzles me why everyone is having such a problem. Most every new computer comes with security software. How NOT to get infected.Don’t click on any picture subjects like” 1970s TV stars, see how they look today”.or “WW2 photos you won’t belive”.
I cliked on these two on the Yahoo main page. I will never look at Yahoo or MSN for that matter. ALSOI like FREE movies on the web. On Open Culture, they have a list of sites you can click on”join”to see free movies. Two of the four sites I clicked on infected me. Also, if you want to view something and they say your Image system needs to be up dated(JaV,a etc).DON”T click on the update.thats an opening for the infection. I have had the FBI page, Police pageMicrosoft page.and am sick of it.
I think this new product could be a game changer, especially for the average consumer. And with that, I agree that, when ready, it would be rolled into the MalwareBytes Anti-Malware program. The majority of my clients are everyday consumers who mess-up in one way or another. I download the free version of MB and then strongly recommend they make the upgrade to the paid version.
The product as is, is an easy sell and with the national news on ransom-ware, I’ve already fielded questions about ways of blocking it. I keep pictures, documents/data and music on three separate large gigabyte thumb drives (and I have backups for each one of those as well). I don’t plug those into my laptop unless I need to use them for some reason. I take all the thumb drives OUT of my laptop every night after backing them up to the second thumb drives and shut the computer down. I also have a Click Free backup device which not only backs up data but all programs as well, which I run once a week. I also have Malwarebytes and Webroot which generally work well to get me out of trouble when these things come along and they do and will.
I haven’t been the victim of ransomwareyet. But if I am, I can buy a new hard drive (cheaper than a new laptop), put everything back on it with my backed up data and programs and keep right on going. Those hackers aren’t going to get my money if I can help it. I’m jumping in here because I know for a fact the advice given in this article is valid, even if it is for marketing purposes. Some weeks ago on my recently purchased Windows 10 based home computer I began getting full-screen warnings from Microsoft that my system was under attack feom malware. I took it to my shop and indeed that’s what they found. They removed the malware and gave my ThinkPad a clean bill of health.
Up till then I thought I was secure using Norton 360, and my shop says it protects me from other risks and not to remove it. But they recommended, and I followed their advice, that I buy and install two Malwarebytes products: Anti-Malware Premium, and Anti-Exploit Preium, at $25 each for a year of coverage. Within a few days of installation I got my first notice from Malwarebytes that their software had prevented the download of malicious files.
Since then I’ve had several such notices. My computer continues to function perfectly. I feel confident that the combination of Norton 360 and these two Malwarebytes applications, all of which update automatically to stay a step ahead of bad guys, has provided me with a safe online computing environment.
I have no marketing relationship with any security software developer and paid full price for the products I mentioned in this post. I’m just a regular user who learned first-hand how many criminals are now focusing on consumers rather than solely on corporate networks. If home computer users connected to the internet do not take precautions, experience tells me their PCs will almost certainly be attacked — and often the unsuspecting user is not even aware that his PC is infected until too late, when he has lost in some cases years of data representing untold hours of work. So get the right security applications and don’t forget to back up your data!
A friend of mine got hit with ransomware and when he described it to me I just thought he was nuts as well I’d never heard of it until this article TODAY. I’ve had malwarebytes for a while and I’m glad for THIS article. I thought my buddy had scareware and thought he was bonkers. I told him don’t pay it’s just a scam. He’s kind of an old dude so I wondered why he still had issues after that. He paid up and never got all his files back.
He had a dirt old computer with a lot of files from when he was a graphic designer-more sentimental stuff than useful. However, it bummed him out for a LONG time. Anti-Exploit Premium is a key component I think a lot of people are not aware of or not buying it as perhaps unnecessary but it can definitely save you some long-term grief from browser based attacks.
I have been running several tools for years and never have I had an infection although I have had a few false positive quarantine over the years. I too am reluctant to say exactly what set of security tools I employ ( paranoid I am as an IT professional) but the two Malwarebytes tools you mentioned are essential components of my security suite as is the Chameleon program. That is the Malwarebytes software program which you execute from a USB drive and it cannot be blocked by malware as they don’t know what to look for as the executable name of the is randomly generated. A critical tool to have in the war chest along with secure backups, rootkit scans via multiple different programs, good basic internet security habits and change every.
default hardware password. Just as there are many vectors of attack you need many layers of protection, good internet surfing security habits plus a lot of basic common sense. Unfortunately I well realize this has become way too much of a pain for the non-IT casual user, I feel sorry for the average user having to deal with this stuff. Sounds like a good argument for finding a way to counterfeit bitcoins with which to pay the ransomware proprietors. What are they going to do, go to law enforcement and accuse you of giving them counterfeit electronic money? They’d have to confess to a felony (hacking) and I am not even sure–not legal advice–it is illegal to pay off a blackmailer or equivalent with a bad check, fake credit card, or equivalent.
In any event, I now back up my critical files to an offsite server so I could simply delete all the encrypted file, restore them from the offsite backup, and of course report the scammer to law enforcement. One of these guys actually put something on my computer, which I was fortunately able to remove, but they actually provided a customer service 800 number that worked.
I called it to confirm that it was their number, thanked them, and turned the number over the the FBI Cyber Crime division. I heard that, when these guys get out of prison, their parole may forbid them to so much as touch a computer. Sounds good to me. FINALLY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU – I had to get this far down the replies to see the word clone.
Well done rude man. I agree cloning is the only fool proof way to beat the ransomware creeps. If anyone else reads this remember the phrase: “A clone a week will beat the creep”. I can understand why Malwarebytes (an otherwise brilliant protection) doesn’t mention clones, as they don’t sell cloning software. My friend uses acronis; there’s also a free “Macrium Reflect” application available. For others reading this: all that’s needed is a separate hard drive (a solid state is smaller and easier) and a setting in Reflect to clone your main hard drive every Monday or whenever suits. If your main drive gets attacked, just swap it for the clone, and you’re back in business within minutes like the creeps were never there.
Just don’t visit the site/email or whatever that carried the attack. As soon as possible re-format and re-clone the main drive as your new clone.
As far as I can tell it’s the perfect method. Others will no doubt disagree – such is the way of the internet:-) “A clone a week will beat the creep”. Good for you frank. It’s saved my tail more than once. I also use acronis to either back up or clone a much larger HD (I use 4 HD’s, the internal C and three external usb’s) which contains my data (I still use XP on a laptop pc that has only 70-odd GB room so the third drive is a necessity & the 4th drive protects the 3rd (the 2nd is the clone of my system HD). The usb drives saved my life over & over as each of my older XP’s bit the dust. A friend lets his wife mess around with his pc all she wants & when he’s ready to use it again himself he just dumps his clone into his C drive.
He never worries about what she might have done to it! My company computer was hit with “Ransomware”. It came to me as an email attachment marked Resume. I’m very careful about attachments but happened to have an employment ad up at the time. Fortunately, we have a server that backs up all our hard drives. It took awhile to restore my files from the back up. Our company email is currently being inundated with BS virus emails w/attachments claiming they ordered from my website, what is this charge on my card, we can’t deliver your FEDEX package, there’s a problem with your Wells Fargo account and on and on.
I’ve posted copies for all our employees so they don’t get hit. Screw you ransomware! If you put a real person’s name in the field so the bitcoins are deducted from another person’s account (I am not sure how they work, I’ve never used them), that is indeed theft from the innocent third party. I am talking about giving the ransomware thief the equivalent of a rubber check that turns out to be worthless and non-negotiable, but convinces him to unlock your files. If I was on a jury and somebody put in a phony name as you describe (e.g. Kaspar Poltergeist so as to be not so obvious) to effectively write the scammer a worthless check, I would regard it as a justifiable act of self-defense. No way a person can do business without opening emails and attachments.
Can’t be done. Can’t spend my life in fear of what might happen. All I can do is take reasonable precautions, and hope for the best. So far it has worked. However, it is still.
to say that we should never open attachments if we don’t know they are coming. I get emails from friends and family, all the time, that have attachments that no one told me were coming.
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I am NOT going to call every time asking if they sent me an email. Load of crap to even give this type of advice. BTW, I have been using, building and repairing computers since the 80s, when my modem was a smoking fast 300/1200 baud unit and the computer didn’t even have a hard drive. So i am NOT computer illiterate.
Shivago, I have turned off my computer and I have stepped away from it every night. Do detect some ironey or sarcasm in your reply. Let me restate. I am computer illiterate, as well as economically restricted. I recognize your original statement is probably the most significant of most posts, but for me taking it in to someone is somewhat out of the question. One place I queried quoted $150 to $200 to do this.
Not within the depth of my pocket. My original question was I was under the impression that Malwarebytes-anti-malware was suppose to take care of this kind of stuff. Since they assisted me once in dealing with this it is an implication they have made them selves liable to address this each time it happens. Your not a customer of mine so I will be blunt. There was a permission given within your browser you may have over looked.
Those pop ups are never meant to be fast clicked away. ALWAYS check the box that prevents ANYTHING further from being accessed. SO MANY like 7-10 RMA come across my bench with the problem being initiated from the web browser. With the way Chrome and Edge are these days you would have to mistakingly “fast click” your way into trouble.
PAY attn to everything you click and make sure you always have the “prevent” box checked, cheers. You might want to Google each for a fuller discussion, but basically a virtual box, Oracle’s Virtualbox (free) creates space within your operating system (Windows, for example) that allows you to run separate instance of an operating system in RAM. Nothing is touched in your host OS. Lots of YouTube videos on it. Linux is a free OS that is much less susceptible to malicious programs and comes in a variety of flavors (called distributions) of which Ubuntu and Mint are perhaps the best known.
Again YouTube is your friend for information. Both require some technical knowledge but learning about them is fun. My computer came with Windows 7. I have done this a few times to sort out problems, mainly if System Restore fails in normal mode. I also did it with my previous Windows XP computer. However, since I installed the Windows 10 free update, the F8 button does not work anymore, and I have yet to discover another way to start in safe mode.
I have actually installed the update twice because a crash forced me to re-install Win 7, then upgrade again. After both times the F8 button would not work anymore. I ran into the same phony FBI screen freeze as well. I immediately pulled the plug on my computer to stop the malware dead in its tracks. No malware — regardless of how sophisticated it is — can function if you immediately cut off your computer’s power supply.
Keep your desktop or laptop disconnected for at least an hour before plugging it back in. When you turn it on, go immediately into safe mode (Repeatedly press the F8 key from the very moment your machine starts up) and while in safe mode, run all of your machine’s cybersecurity software.
Afterward, restart your machine normally. Every time I did that, the malware was gone. I have gotten the FBI scare, also a phony Microsoft freeze. I called the Microsoft people, knowing they were not Microsoft.
They run something that supposedly shows hundreds of virus programs on your computer. They say they will get rid of it all and give you a 12 month warranty for $600. When I told them I was semi retired, and pretty much broke, they offered to do the work for $300 with no guarantee. When I told them, ” well I guess I will just junk the computer cause I dont’ have $30″I heard the two guys mumble something. In a few minutes, my computer was un frozen.
Altho these guys un froze my computer for nothingdon;t think they will do it for you ( might be different guys)every time I got the FBI freezei just ran malwarebytes, and my screen was unfrozen. The trick is to have the malwarebytes access on your bar on the bottom of your screen.
If you have the icon on your desk top.you will be screwed if you can’t get access to it.When I worked at Office Depot, the “techs” would down load a free copy of Malwarebytes on to a customers computer that was brought in for virus infestation. After cleaning up the computer and charging the customer $60-80., they deleted the free copyjust FYI. I agree that it can be a challenge but given time and effort most problems can be broken down. A key logger that was addressed by my software protection was corrupted and the remains left a disabling impact on my laptop keyboard. None of my existing programs could correct the issue. Geek Squad suggested i buy a new laptop as they made no progress in two days. My solution was to reset the system back to factory install.
That was fine since i backed all files up on external drive. When restored finished the keyboard functioned normally and windows 7 was on screen. I then upgraded to windows 10 with no further problems and once done i reintegrated my saved files.
No further issues. Critical is maintaining back ups. I imagine there are a few instances when the obvious solution doesn’t work but I’ve yet to see it not work. Bring up task manager Control-Alt-Delete usually does the trick. Once there scroll to the browser you were using when the Ransomware hit. Down arrow to to the browser right click, a drop box will open and it will give you various options go to “end task” while the browser is still selected on task manager.
Simply click end task and the computer will end the program along with the Ransomware. You will end up back where you started. Simply run a scan easy peasy nice and easy.
Malware Bites stopped several pages more then once last week from loading. Another I use is Norton that also blocks pages. Yet Malware Bites stopped page loads more then Norton. This is why I have 2 Virus-Malware programs. Have been using Malware Bites from almost its 1st release. Despite 2 programs I still got a Red call 1800 your computer has a virus last week. Even if you shut down your PC when you go back online that Red page will still be in browsing history.
Clean your history and cookies from your browser before re-starting your browser. Run your scans daily.
I have been driven crazy by Microsoft computers and their vulnerability for over 15 years. Every time I start my msdos computer their is alwyas some issue or problem that must be resolved or fixed. Often, I have been forced to call the geeks I pay to remotely take over my computer and fix the things I cannot, and I am a moderately sophisticated user. I stopped banging my head against Bill Gate’s wall and finally bought a MacBook Pro.
It runs smooth as silk with virtually no problems. And it is a refurbished 17″ beauty, and this thing is an unstoppable tank, running Malwarebytes for Apple, nothing gets through-at least not so far.
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I didn’t realize how much stress using that msdos computer was causing me until I started using the MAC. Loyal Windows users–Rebel! Especially you folks who are computer illiterate. Stop holding your breath and pounding the desk.
Get a Mac and exhale. To some degree,cd,blueray,usb,and DVD are the floppy of today.regreeably there are problems with being as “friendly” as the old floppy.When you ” burn” as disk At the same time,it does not hurt to have your own cloud with a network drive.
At the same time,there is some merit to that drive not being plugged in full time.Many use a network drive to backup all pictures,video,etc. Off the actual computer,giving you a tetrabyte of floppy space. We are slowly but surely going to a poor boys version of Raid.
Exactly, many people think that they are immune to ransomware attack and once their files get infected they have no idea what to do. Sadly, I was one of those people.
I didn’t have any friends who would know something about computers but accidentally found new software and I decided to try it. It’s called Impedio Security and for me it’s the best thing! It does an increadible job in protecting my PC and my files, if you wanna do the backup it takes only seconds!
WannaCry or any other ransomware is not any danger for me now, seriously. Best thing ever made for sure. All, please look at a free program I’ve been using for quite some time. It’s called Cryptoprevent.
It basically sets a bunch of rules in the registry that doesn’t let ransomware install. I’ve been hit before with ransomware and just deleted it. It’s virtually harmless. There is a paid version but the free version set on maximum prevention works fine. Just remember to set it to “no protection” and reboot your pc when you want to install known good software.
Also manually check for updates and install.