Bad ware and other computer nightmares to avoid.

[twistedone]

I was recently a victim of "extortion ware". Though I didn't fall for the ploy of paying money to have it removed.

I don't keep a lot of things on my hard drive that are important or can't be easily reinstalled. The things I want to keep are placed on a memory stick, or flash drive.

I solved the problem by reformatting.

Originally Posted by aw9725

One of my colleagues almost fell for this one a few days ago. Fortunately she asked me to take a look at her computer. I told her what I thought it was and then one of our University Computing Services techs basically reinstalled everything for her.

I've read some of your other posts. While not a "tech" myself, I work with computers all the time and know a thing or two. You have given some very good advice to people on this forum. I hope they realize it!

Andy