Hi,
So my friend got hit by the ransomware and had to pay but after there were some unexpected commissions we are short by less than a dollar, is there anyway to send an equivalent bitcoin amount easily and cheaply? Everywhere I've seen needs a minimum of $30-60 and then a load of fees.
Excuse me if I'm being stupid but this is my first experience with bitcoin and I doubt I will use it again so dont want to buy loads of extra bitcoins
Thanks
First of all don't even bother paying the ransom. There are indeed tools out there that can potentially help you.
If not paying the ransom probably won't help because they don't tell you to send any sort of message from your bitcoin address to verify that it is really you paying the ransom. This means that you can claim to have paid the amount, when you really haven't and claim that you paid the ransom when someone else paid, and others will be able to do the same for you.
Think about it, if they really want to unlock your computer they will at least want to identify you. And the process is manual, it requires an operator apparently. Just wait a few months, there will probably be more help available then.