I use Malwarebytes also. I like that it's not as intrusive as some other programs. This next doesn't seem worthy of a new thread so I'll intrude on John's. Did the ancient Indians use lathes, muzzle-loading rifles and electricity? This is very interesting. Praveen Mohan.
Viewing the “screwed scammer”, if the culprit with Deadbolt had enough talent to lock up the computers before, why then did they not have the talent to lock them up again which would need another key to unlock them and blackmail them into paying an extra revenge fee?
Perhaps (perhaps) the company beefed up its security. If I recall correctly, the ransomware is usually launched when someone opens an email attachment, so email filters and/or user education would occur. If there were other means of delivering it, those security holes may have been patched (user education, updating software.)
Geek Squad scam has raised it's ugly head again. This time it's a fear inducing email that erroneous information has been added to your public record. (I suppose if a person clicked on the link they would tell you how to remove the errors if you would give them your social security number, money, etc. ) I just got this email this morning from: From: Public Record ; <geeksquad@emailinfo.geeksquad.com> I apologize if this has been posted before. I just learned of it.
That is a double scam ! Not only are they trying to scam you into spending money about a fake background check, they are using the Geek Squad name, which is the service department of Best Buy. You can see by the email that is does not come from Best Buy, but that makes it look more “legitimate” when people read it and see the same name.
It's amazing how cheap and easy it is for these people to blast out these emails to millions of recipients at a time. Plus, look at the wording: "Someone may have run a background check on you." I got induced into signing up for NextDoor.com because I entered my address in their site to see what was happening in "my neighborhood" and it said "Sign up to read about vehicle break-ins on your street." Of course, I was pretty sure there had not been any, but I signed up anyway. I was right. They lied to me. Or perhaps their lawyers will tell me that I would be notified (in the future tense) if any happened and someone posted about it. Way to drag our society down by making lying a routine, accepted part of life. ba$tard$
Thanks for reminding me how dangerous things can get. But I found this out in person at the grocery store a couple months ago, when my wallet was slipped from inside my purse by 3 women and a man, who spoke broken English and the women crowed around me. It seems we have to always be on our guard now.
Also notice the words "Rresults" (2 r's) and "effect future and current jobs" instead of affect. Incorrect English is always a tip-off.
I once read an article about those "Your Nigerian uncle has died and left you $1,000,000" emails. Apparently they intentionally use poorly written English so as to immediately screen out those who might otherwise have wasted the scammers' time pursuing it up to a point and then dropping out. Anyone who would response to such a constructed email in the first place is more likely to eventually swallow the bait. It's smart and it's cynical, all at the same time.
My nieces husband travels , and just this week someone stole his phone and literally wiped them clean of everything- even financial holdings. I shiver as to why his phone was not locked. The other thing that makes this bad, is everything was synced from laptop to phone . I never do that. Very expensive lesson for them both. Hoping it all turns out better soon, and they catch this guy.
People wonder why I remain a dinosaur. I don't care to know how to sync, I don't do apps or the cloud or facebook. I bank with paper although I could see how that could be forced out. I use a local credit union although Chase keeps offering me hundreds of dollars to bank with them. I back up personal data with a couple of notebooks... I regularly forget some of my passwords...
I'm not so different. My Macs are synced because I use my MacBook while I am traveling or working outside the home, while I use my Mac Mini otherwise, so syncing my computers lets me access stuff that I created on one computer from the other. Macs make syncing easy. I do not sync my iPhone, however, because I don't use my iPhone for many computer uses. Other than the ones that came with the phone, the only app that I have downloaded to it is the Wayz GPS application and another that helps me to identify plants that I'm not familiar with. I almost never access the Internet from my iPhone. Pretty much the only things I use my iPhone for are telephone calls and texting, and I don't do a lot of that. I do use the Cloud because Mac programs default to saving stuff in the Cloud, and it helps to keep my hard drives from filling up. The emptier the hard drive is, the smoother the computer works. I still use post-it notes and yes, even a calculator. While my Mac comes with a calculator and I have numerous programs that could take the place of a post-it note, I just find it easier to use post-it notes and a calculator. When my browser decides to forget my passwords, I have a heck of a time getting access to stuff. Mac does have an easy way of accessing stored passwords, though, and I am familiar with that. Still, sometimes they turn out to be wrong.
Surely you jest? Many people have different issues that can often cause them to mis spell or jut use the wrong words or phrases.