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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1660064" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>Sorry to hear about this. But at the same time...great to hear that at some point you realized this was a scam…and terminated things. This sort of thing is getting more & more common…and is called "Ransomware".</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>To be 100% brutally honest (and helpful).<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> If this happened to me…I would feel totally violated. And the only solution that I would find acceptable would be to:</p><p></p><p>- completely erase and reformat the computers storage</p><p>- do a fresh/clean install of the OS</p><p>- do a fresh/clean install of all apps</p><p></p><p>There's no telling what these folks did when they had access to your computer (especially if it's doing "funny things"). And a complete "nuke & pave" would be the only satisfactory solution to me.</p><p></p><p>I would also strongly think about changing userid's & password's to any online accounts just in case.</p><p></p><p>HTH,<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1660064, member: 56379"] Sorry to hear about this. But at the same time...great to hear that at some point you realized this was a scam…and terminated things. This sort of thing is getting more & more common…and is called "Ransomware". To be 100% brutally honest (and helpful).:) If this happened to me…I would feel totally violated. And the only solution that I would find acceptable would be to: - completely erase and reformat the computers storage - do a fresh/clean install of the OS - do a fresh/clean install of all apps There's no telling what these folks did when they had access to your computer (especially if it's doing "funny things"). And a complete "nuke & pave" would be the only satisfactory solution to me. I would also strongly think about changing userid's & password's to any online accounts just in case. HTH,:) - Nick [/QUOTE]
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