When someone is determined to have created and released malware or virii like this into the wild, they really should face life in prison without parole.
So far I’ve managed to avoid any truly nasty infections, but even the lesser ones I’ve dealt with have left me wanting to cause grievous bodily harm to the scum who wrote it.
Oy Vey! Don't ask me about the lurid visions I was having already, Dr. Zoidberg!
I was wondering too, why there seems to be so little interest or discussion about the source and history of this thing, ( which is just the thing of the moment, I guess. It's an ongoing issue. ) I did notice that one of the counterfeit pop-up warnings had some very interesting grammatical irregularities. I jotted down, "Click here for the scan of you computer."
My tin hat is tingling off my head.
Life on an island with no access to modern (post 1900) technology.