Q: My computer is frozen with a message supposedly from the FBI demanding money to unlock my computer. F.G. Answer: What you have run into there is an example of ransomware, a virus that locks up your ...

When surfing the Internet via a browser, you may see an error stating that your computer is locked and that you must contact Microsoft to resolve the issue. If you ...

The Your computer is locked screen locker is a Trojan that displays a fake security screen stating that the computer has been locked because viruses were detected. It then tells you to contact a ...

So while I was watching a movie yesterday I noticed something was up, my computer locked up to the point where I had to do a hard reset and upon my rebooting I noticed my 2nd HDD up and vanished. This ...

Imagine working on your computer and getting an alert on your screen—that’s what happened to one viewer wanting to spread the word about this new scam. Viewer message: "My computer locked up with a ...

Q: I was online recently when my computer locked up with a message claiming to be from the FBI, telling me my computer had been used to look at an illegal website and demanding money to unlock the ...

Just days before a big race, an up-and-coming Nascar team suddenly found the crew chief's laptop going haywire and all the team's critical files locked up. The team was the victim of a ransomware ...