Originally Posted By: rharv
Ransomeware is serious stuff when it happens.
However
Our techs tell me over 90% of the 'ransomeware' calls they handle are simply hacked browsers telling the user their data is locked (and a phone number to call to unlock it).


I had this "hacked browser" on an IPAD a while ago. Scary but fixable. So it is just not the PC that is being messed with.


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