08-20-2015, 05:57 AM
(08-20-2015, 05:38 AM)dmcowen674 Wrote: I have a friend that answered a landline call from Indian accent people that managed to scam her and after they were in her computer remotely when she booted the computer now has a Ransomware screen asking for money to get the password to un-encrypt her now locked computer.
I looked online about but doesn't look good.
Anyone know of a way to get around the Ransomware lock?
I got one of these calls a long time ago and I used some really choice words with the guy. They called my parents too. I'm really glad they didn't fall for it but they got really worried and they asked me about it. It's a horrible scam and there's not much law enforcement or our government can do about it because they are based overseas.
I would say to get around the lock maybe try booting up a live Linux distro via USB and then backup and copy all their files over to a USB hard drive. Then format and reinstall Windows and everything.