Any good thing is usually messed up by folks with no ethics. Really sad. As John R says: Stay alert!
On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 10:36 AM, John Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: > *Snake Eyes* > > A long-standing association of this word with treachery and betrayal. > > *Hackers ramp up computer attacks that demand 'ransom'* > > > > Hackers operating on the Internet's "Dark Web" are spreading a new, more > sophisticated generation of the malicious software known as "ransomware," > > > > Now I don’t really think this was the game we found ourselves, then again > I wasn’t about to call the number to find out…maybe the “Ransom” is only > for computers, infected computers, but I was still caught in a loop of > someone else’s doing. > > > The swing on the front porch has a cushion that is greatly faded, my wife > was on her iPad hunting for a replacement. She happened to land on the > firm that had made the swing we had purchased. She handed her iPad to me > to verify. > > > Yup, it’s the place, I clicked on the link and from then on Safari was > totally incapacitated. Over and over and over the dialogue box would open > saying some dialogue that the app was out of date, corrupted etc. and I had > to call the listed phone number to initiate a “fix”. > > > I felt sure if I called the number at minimum they would have a known > phone number for their records, and possibly they would ask for a ransom to > give me a way out of this cyber box I was in. > > > I went to my computer to look up the Porch swing we had purchased, sure > enough they must have gone out of business as their Website was no longer > up and Superpages did not find a number for them so someone else was trying > to cabbage onto their customers….not a bad business plan for the dishonest. > > > First I scheduled an appointment with the Apple Genius Bar, then I > decided to check the phone number. Now if you put in a phone number you > will be taken to a reverse phone number lookup BUT if you first enter a > line similar to what I wrote you will get information on what may have > happened to others. > > > I ask…..”problems with phone number xxx” and boy have lots of folks been > hit with this. > > > > By going through the post I found a solution, so I wanted to pass on just > in case any of you have this happen. > > > On the iPad, go to “Settings”, once there scroll to the Safari icon. > Inside there scroll down to “Clear History and Website Data”. It’s the > Website data that will get you out of this mess.. > > > I’ll never know how the phone number jockey would have directed me, > possibly by “installing” his App that would “fix > the problem, of course that would have been a very bad choice. > > > It’s good to learn from others experiences, we are learning there are many > ways for the bad guys to use their skills at phishing for our information, > we have to be very alert. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > >
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