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Old 01-27-2024, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby View Post
I hope you didn't run a scan that the guy on the phone told you to run. If so, you might have just installed ransomware, and they'll be able to control your computer and shut it down any time they want until you pay them. And then they can do it again. And again. And again.
No. I had no idea whom I was talking to so I just acted really stupid which is for me sometimes rather easy.