HueyPilotVN
Well-known member
I have been getting several FEDEX deliveries lately so I was not surprised to get an email that looked like it was from FEDEX.
When I opened it it said that they could not deliver a package and to click on the delivery details below for information.
As soon as I opened the attachment a large message came up on the screen.
It informed me that all my data files, pictures, and music files had been incripted and I had to go online and buy a certain amount of Bit Coins and send them to an online address to get the instructions to reverse the incription. If I did not do that within three days the file would not be recoverable.
I looked at the files and they are all incripted.
I would never pay a ransom so I went out and bought a new laptop and software.
I spent much of two days transfering files from another backup laptop to recover as much as I could. I still lost at least two years of files.
I am posting this to remind all of us to backup our important data every so often.
I hate a thief.
When I opened it it said that they could not deliver a package and to click on the delivery details below for information.
As soon as I opened the attachment a large message came up on the screen.
It informed me that all my data files, pictures, and music files had been incripted and I had to go online and buy a certain amount of Bit Coins and send them to an online address to get the instructions to reverse the incription. If I did not do that within three days the file would not be recoverable.
I looked at the files and they are all incripted.
I would never pay a ransom so I went out and bought a new laptop and software.
I spent much of two days transfering files from another backup laptop to recover as much as I could. I still lost at least two years of files.
I am posting this to remind all of us to backup our important data every so often.
I hate a thief.