MY COMPUTER WAS ATTACKED

Several days ago I was online and a window popped up that said suspicious activity had been detected.  It looked similar enough to my virus protection program that I carelessly thought it was.  It offered the option of doing a full scan, then listed the items found and offered to fix it.  As soon as I clicked fix I realized that it was not my virus protection program, because it immediately asked for my credit card number before going any further.  I quickly closed out of the window and then the problems began.  I began having trouble navigating around the internet so I closed it and decided to check and see if the unwanted program had been added to my computer – sure enough it had, but it would not let me remove it.  I thought I would get online and see if I could figure out how to remove it, but I could not access the internet.  I am not a computer whiz, but thankfully my son-in-law is – so I immediately called him.  He took my computer and spent many hours cleaning up the mess.  It took him a bit of time because the program had been written in Russian.  It was a form of malware that blocks your access to the internet once you open its program and do not buy their product.  I now have an additional Spyware program on my computer and I’m sure I will be more careful in the future.  By the time I got the computer to my son-in-law, he got it fixed, and I got it back, three days had passed.  I was lost without it and still have not gotten caught up on checking email, taking care of business, and visiting my favorite blogs.  As my son-in-law said – this type of activity should be illegal!  I am just thankful that he was able to fix it.

Blessings,
Sue