Hell look at the cost of PC repair at your local stores.. they are not cheap.
That's has nothing to do with the ransomware viruses. Last year I have dealt with 2 computers, which were infected with the same ransomware (they were not in the same network, they were even in different towns) and there was no solution other than to pay. Many of these viruses are using 256 bit encryption, which is pretty much impossible to be broken. To understand this better, a computer with a performance of 30 petaflops (i.e. - capable of 30,000 billion floating point operations per second) would need more than 10 years to decrypt it.
You rarely ever seem to be able to follow my train of thought.
I am actually getting tired of having to re-explain myself when i already typed out a massive wall to prevent that LOL
Did you forget about my qualifications ?
I know everything.
I had the first PC.
I know hackers and have malware code on my drive right now.
I did work for the govt when i owned and operated a PC repair business i started years ago.
I could go on and on and on..
But why bother ? LOL
..next time