Anyone else hacked with Ransomware on Safari?
On March 4, I got a blue screen telling me to call the listed Microsoft representative immediately to unlock my Mini Mac. I was on Safari but everything locked up except the blue screen. Then a recording came through my speakers explaining that I have a serious problem and should not try to do anything until I called the phone number listed on the blue screen. I was unable to do anything on Safari, but was able to open another browser through Firefox. From there I was able to delete all current time machine backups and restored to early March 3. Everything seems to be working ok now, but today I saw an article from Palo Alto Networks that there may be a dormant malware that could resurface three days AFTER infected. PAN also said this attack is attempting to get into time machine backups to prevent what I think I did to restore control. I am not an expert by any means, but I have critical information that I can not afford to lose. I have heard that some have been paying a ransom for similar problems. I thought I was safe with Apple and my small business records. I doubt that this issue was exclusive to me. Any information on this or how to prevent it from repeating would be greatly appreciated.
Mac mini, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)
