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Originally Posted by Dan D
No, no it is not that bad. It is fairly easy to unlock the PC again. Going to safe mode and then using the restore point function will do the trick.
Problem is, people have to understand first that their computer actually got hacked by some crooks when the lock screen says something else, e.g. the "FBI" or some other "authority" has locked you computer for violating copyright laws, downloading child porn etc.
I have had a couple of people asking me for help because they thought they were in legal trouble now. So far I always could tell them: "no you don't have legal problems, you have a computer virus!"
A poorly written article!
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A loud and sounding NEGATIVE! from me! It is a modern myth that system restore points can help you to easily clean infections by rolling back to an earlier state of the system, because infected files and malware installed could get included in system restore points to which you then revert - that is you are reinfecting your system by yourself!
That is why it is an often given advice that in case you do not want to format and reinstall your system, but choose the "easy" way tro put your trust -
and make a gamble - in using an antivir solution to "clean" the system, before you do so
you should switch off system restore feature and make sure that all restore points get manually deleted/overwritten.