On 03/09/2016 05:50 PM, JJ wrote:
TY! I heeded the advice in the KungFU link.... TY Ed for posting it. I occasionally get a RED SCREEN alerting me that a link I was clicking MIGHT contain harmful contents. I've gotten a few ransomware screens that lock up my browser (so far that's all). I quit Chrome and it returns to normal again.
How do you know it's ransomware that's locking up your browser? Given that you're using Chrome, I would suspect some Adobe Flash tomfoolery. I have removed Flash from my machines and usually surf with Safari, only running Chrome if I positively, absolutely must have Flash.
The sites running Flash are getting scarcer every day, which is a good thing because Flash may be the worst security problem on the Mac.
This stuff scares me..... and it is why I've been using mac's exclusively for 13 years now. I use airport time capsule thingie.... but still.... you never know. I often wondered IF it would affect the airport. I have a TON of stuff (mostly photos) that I could never replace.
The Airport Time Capsule is a target for future such attacks. In fact, every volume that gets mounted so it can be seen from the Finder is at risk. If you're worried about your photos, buy an external drive as another backup for them. (Drives are cheap right now!) Copy the photos to it and put it in a closet. No malware can get to it there. Better yet, use one of the online photo storage sites like Google or iCloud.
Having an offline drive for backups is a good idea anyway. I don't think my important stuff is backed up unless I have at least three copies of it in different places.
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