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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1919960" data-attributes="member: 190607">That message is from RansomWhere? (which you obviously have installed.), a free utility that protects you from ransomware.&nbsp;&nbsp; It works by noticing when a process is trying to encrypt data on your Mac, and blocking it until you give your permission.&nbsp; It's a great utility that is highly effective, but it's really only for experts, as there are a bunch of legitimate things that encrypt data on your Mac, and it will frequently be throwing up false positives.If you aren't prepared to search the Web whenever you get such a notice from RansomWhere? to see if what is being encrypted is a normal process (or you don't know how), then I recommend that you uninstall RansomWhere?&nbsp; The chances of encountering ransomware on your Macintosh are currently about nil, so having RansomWhere? installed will serve no purpose other than to constantly frighten you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1919960, member: 190607"] That message is from RansomWhere? (which you obviously have installed.), a free utility that protects you from ransomware. It works by noticing when a process is trying to encrypt data on your Mac, and blocking it until you give your permission. It's a great utility that is highly effective, but it's really only for experts, as there are a bunch of legitimate things that encrypt data on your Mac, and it will frequently be throwing up false positives. If you aren't prepared to search the Web whenever you get such a notice from RansomWhere? to see if what is being encrypted is a normal process (or you don't know how), then I recommend that you uninstall RansomWhere? The chances of encountering ransomware on your Macintosh are currently about nil, so having RansomWhere? installed will serve no purpose other than to constantly frighten you. [/QUOTE]

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