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To: NoLibZone
prompts you to send a ransom of either $100 or $300 in order to decrypt the files.
Extortion. Why not call the cops or local FBI?

www.foolishit.com
Surely you jest.
2 posted on 10/26/2013 1:37:14 PM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: oh8eleven
Why not call the cops or local FBI?

Because they probably don't have free time to go to Latvia or Russia or Turkey or Brazil or South Korea or wherever else the hackers may be hanging out at. And even if they did, it would almost certainly take longer for the Federal Geek Squad to track down the hackers than it would for the encrypted files to get automatically deleted from your computer.

5 posted on 10/26/2013 1:46:22 PM PDT by vbmoneyspender
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To: oh8eleven

I can’t rely on the Fed or local Unions to protect me.

The better best is prevention.

Whihc is easy.


8 posted on 10/26/2013 1:55:32 PM PDT by NoLibZone (The reason we are where we are today is the belief that posting on a website will fix the nation.)
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To: oh8eleven

I don’t really want to type that URL

lol


10 posted on 10/26/2013 2:00:55 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: oh8eleven

bfl


15 posted on 10/26/2013 2:04:05 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: oh8eleven

Who ya gonna call? Obamabusters!


23 posted on 10/26/2013 2:28:08 PM PDT by ully2
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To: oh8eleven

McAfee Internet Security gives a warning about going to the website www.foolishit.com


29 posted on 10/26/2013 2:47:09 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: oh8eleven

“www.foolishit.com
Surely you jest.”

Ding, Ding, Ding! We have a winner!


30 posted on 10/26/2013 2:52:34 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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