[Ct-nfb] Warning About a Computer Virus

[Marilyn Deraney]

Sorry you had such an awful time.
Thank you for the alert! Google search produced several ways to recover
files without paying thanks to anti hackers. I hope you will be able to get
money back.
 On Mar 16, 2015 12:47 AM, "Trevor Attenberg via Ct-nfb" <ct-nfb at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I want to warn you guys--I just got through a week without my computer due
> to something called Crypto-Blocker—I think. It probably got on my computer
> through a corrupted PDF attachment from someone I know. Anyhow, It
> encrypted all of my files and forced me to pay a ransom in order to get
> them back. This drained me of a lot of money; but since I needed those
> files, there was nothing I could do but pay up. No one knows how to cure
> the virus, save for the people that made it and administer the money
> exchange, which was in bit coins. They are probably using all the millions
> of dollars they made from their many victims in order to buy coke and rhino
> horn from Silk Road. So lesson learned; be sure to back up your files
> frequently on something you can access absent your computer; and make all
> your important computer updates. My computer is a PC, and I’m not clear if
> this bug is just as friendly with Macs, but certainly it is wise to take
> these precautions no matter what your device is. I don’t think you want
> this unless you are in cahoots with these guys, and I don’t think you are.
>
> Best,
>
> Trevor
>
>
>
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