I did a google search "what is the ransomware infect to attack delay time" and found some interesting hits.

These guys are deep into the ransomware attacks. The lingo is a bit over my head.
https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/5246do/delayed_ransomware_attacks_are_there_any/
I skimmed it. The max delay seems to be 3 months. It seems that normally it is pretty quick. Lots to learn if you are interested.

Of course there is another approach. Google "how to protect yourself from ransomware"

Regarding how powerful a simple virus can be I had one lock out my anti-virus software, lock out the control panel, lock out the task manager. It basically locked out anything I could use to protect myself. The problem was solved within 12 minutes by returning my acronis image then returning my data from another machine on the network.

Last edited by bowlesj; 06/15/18 02:35 PM.
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