I just got a scary ransomware message. The whole "Don't Try to Turn Off Your Computer" etc.
I've seen these kinds of messages before and have ignored them. Today, I turned off the computer and rebooted. The message was still there. So, I went to Task Manager and killed the browser threads, and that got rid of the messages. After I got control back, I ran two computer scans, including the Windows Defender offline scan. Everything seems clean and good to go.
Does anyone have any other suggestions? Wipe the disk and reload the OS? Relax? Toss the computer and get something else?
I've seen these kinds of messages before and have ignored them. Today, I turned off the computer and rebooted. The message was still there. So, I went to Task Manager and killed the browser threads, and that got rid of the messages. After I got control back, I ran two computer scans, including the Windows Defender offline scan. Everything seems clean and good to go.
Does anyone have any other suggestions? Wipe the disk and reload the OS? Relax? Toss the computer and get something else?