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Originally Posted by billybek
Ransomware seems to be the big thing right now.
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When the IT guys here start with their jargon, I get instantly lost. Ransomware? Just got a notice from the security service we use giving us a number to call if we get hit with it. Evidently, they've come up with a way to get rid of that form of attack.
Prior to that, I always figured it would be cheaper for me to just buy another computer & start over. Nothing of that much value in our computer anyway. Never posted a credit card number, social security numbers, etc. Still do our finances the old fashioned way...paper.
Anybody ever read the O. Henry story titled "Ransom of Red Chief"? Two bums who kidnapped a rich man's son? I always thought that's kind of how I would handle it if hit with ransomware. With no reward, they'd quit picking on me?